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0300/2020 - The impact of Covid-19 on the elderly dependent population in Spain with special reference to the residential sector
El impacto de la Covid-19 en la población mayor dependiente en España con especial referencia al sector residencial

Author:

• Vicente Marbán Gallego - Gallego, V.M - <vicente.marban@uah.es>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-3829

Co-author(s):

• Julia Montserrat Codorniu - Codorniu, J.M - <jmontserratc@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6798-6973
• Gregorio Rodríguez Cabrero - Cabrero, G.R - <gregorio.rodriguez@uah.es>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8396-9348


Abstract:

This article aims to analyse the crisis of residential care in Spain in the context of Covid-19 and its impact on high mortality and the abandonment of the user population. Its immediate, mediate and structural causes are analysed. Specifically, the precariousness of employment in residences over the past decade is analysed as one of the main explanatories causes of the structural crisis in residences. The theoretical approach to analysis is the comprehensive, person-centred care model (AICP) based on people\'s autonomy and the centrality of their rights. The methodology combines quantitative analysis in terms of employment together with a qualitative methodology based on the analysis of documents and discussions. The article concludes by proposing a comprehensive reform of long-term care that includes both a change in residential care in the form of small units of coexistence, as well as a strengthening of care at home and the community as a growing preference for the eldest population. The optimal combination of residential and home care is the basic proposal of this work.

Keywords:

residences, pandemic, precariousness, social-health coordination, care reform.

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Gallego, V.M, Codorniu, J.M, Cabrero, G.R. The impact of Covid-19 on the elderly dependent population in Spain with special reference to the residential sector. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2020/Sep). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/the-impact-of-covid19-on-the-elderly-dependent-population-in-spain-with-special-reference-to-the-residential-sector/17782



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