SAFE II

The main goal of the project SAFE II (Advanced Safety Assistance for Elderly) is to ensure that elderly vulnerable people in Moldova have access to professional social and primary health care services.

For over a decade, Caritas Moldova, with substantial support from Caritas Austria, has been dedicated to aiding elderly individuals living alone with chronic illnesses on both the right (Chisinau, Stircea) and left (Rascov, Rybnitsa) banks of the Nistru River. A team of experienced nurses and social workers delivers crucial health and social care to these marginalized elderly individuals, many of whom reside in extremely impoverished conditions.

Annually within this project 200 beneficiaries aged over 65 with severe diseases receive medical and social assistance.

HOMECARE MEDICAL SERVICES:

medical home visits by experienced nurses;
monitoring the general health of the patient;
measuring blood pressure;
measuring glucose level;
measuring temperature;
wound dressing* (as prescribed by the physician);
administering medication* (as prescribed by the physician);
physical therapy* (as prescribed by the physician);
bathing;
incontinence management;
bedsores treatment* (as prescribed by the physician);
professional counseling of relatives / caregivers;
medical consultations via telemedicine;
distribution of medicines and hygiene products (within the resources of Caritas Moldova);
free rent of medical devices (within Caritas Moldova resources).

HOMECARE SOCIAL SERVICES:

assistance in self-care and personal hygiene (full and partial bathing, hair care, nail care, assistance in changing bed linen, changing clothes, etc.);
assistance in buying groceries, medicines, paying utility bills;
assistance in cleaning and housekeeping (cleaning, ironing, bringing water, etc.);
cooking;
accompaniment to consultations to a medical specialist, general practitioner (by doctor's appointment / if the patient is mobile);
laundry and delivery of clean linen to the patient's home (Styrcha, Rashkov);
psycho-emotional support;
social counseling.

SERVICES PROVIDED IN MEDICAL AND SOCIAL CENTERS:

blood pressure measurement;
glucose measurement;
temperature measurement;
dressings* (as prescribed by the doctor);
professional counseling of relatives / caregivers;
psycho-emotional support;
social counseling;
rehabilitation gymnastics (Ribnita);
activities for memory, attention and prevention of cognitive disfunction (Ribnita);
group meetings, thematic events for elderly people (Ribnita).

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

Age: 63+ (men), 57+ (women)
Family status: single people and elderly couples
Health status: chronic diseases (hypertension, osteoporosis, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, post-stroke, urinary incontinence, ulcers, malignant tumors, dementia, Alzheimer's, etc.).
Disability status (I, II, III).
Mobility limitation
Economic situation: low income - small pension of the beneficiary, no additional source of income (no sufficient financial assistance from children or relatives, rental income, etc.).

!!!! PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT IS POSSIBLE UPON THE PRESCRIPTION OF THE MEDICAL DOCTOR AND AS A RESULT OF A COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT !!!!!

The project is implemented in 4 regions of the Republic of Moldova: Chisinau, Glodeni (Stircea village), Ribnita (Transnistria) and Rascov village (Camenca region, Transnistria).