Fight against the isolation of the elderly, respite solutions for “caregivers”, financing of vehicles for home helpers: the government will present new measures in favor of old age this year, announced Tuesday the Minister of Solidarity and Autonomy, Jean- Christopher Combe.
A consultation carried out with 10,000 people
This reform “will not be simply a law, it will be much broader”, said Jean-Christophe Combe during the presentation of the conclusions of the National Council for Refoundation (CNR) held since last November on the theme “Aging well”. . .
The conclusions of this broad consultation, in which 10,000 people participated, “will directly feed the old-age reform that I am announcing today,” added the minister, who listed some of the measures that he wanted to see reduced.
Thus, he cited the need to better finance “the mobility of domestic assistants, for example, supporting the creation of fleets of electric vehicles.” Also on the programme, “relay solutions” for caregivers, a “one-stop shop” in departments to “organize clear responses for people with loss of autonomy”, or measures to combat abuse in nursing homes.
The government also “wants” to reduce the remainder to be paid by residents in nursing homes, the minister said during a press conference. “I want to build an accessible offer”, which involves rates that are better adapted “to the real contributory capacities” of families, said Jean-Christophe Combe. It could announce measures in this sense in June, after the delivery of a report on this subject commissioned to the deputy (PS-Nupes) Christine Pires Beaune.
Measures included in a bill soon to be examined
Among the measures mentioned as a result of the CNR, some “are not covered by the law” and should be announced in early June in the form of an “action plan.” Others, of a financial nature, will be integrated into the 2024 “Security” budget, scheduled for autumn.
Finally, certain measures could be quickly integrated into a bill presented by the presidential majority to “build the society of good aging”, which must be examined next week by the deputies, in first reading.
In particular, this text plans to facilitate the identification of isolated elderly people, through the authorization of the exchange of data between the town halls and the social and health services. It also creates a device to better report cases of abuse, or even a professional card for home helpers, which will supposedly “make their daily work easier.”
This bill is criticized for its lack of ambition by some professionals in the sector. But “it is intended that it be enriched”, even by the Government, stressed to the press one of its rapporteurs, the deputy (Renaissance), Annie Vidal.
Source: BFM TV
