The Cabildo de Fuerteventura, through its Social Action department, has put out to tender, for €15.5 million, the management of specialist services at the Residencia Sociosanitaria y Centro de Día para Personas Mayores con Dependencia (Care Home and Day Centre for Dependent Elderly People), located in Puerto del Rosario.
This contract extends the number of socio-health care places to 132, increasing residential places from 90 to 97, while maintaining 30 day-care places and 5 family respite places.
The new contract promotes a more person-centred model of care, with individualised attention and a comprehensive approach tailored to each user’s needs. It also includes the family respite programme at the Josefina Plá Day Centre in the municipality of La Oliva.
In addition, the number of professionals providing the service will increase from 88 to 97, with new roles being created to form a broader multidisciplinary team, including psychologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, care assistants (gerocultores), social integration technicians (TASOC), administrative assistants, among others.
The services to be provided include accommodation, meals, support with daily living activities and personal care, monitoring and protection, personal autonomy promotion services, healthcare and social care services, prevention and promotion services, leisure and free time activities, physical activity and sport, continued learning, and transport, among others.
The deadline for submitting applications is open until 9 November. All information can be consulted at: https://sede.cabildofuer.es/eAdmin/PerfilContratante.do?action=verPublicaciones
This new contract follows the recent tender for the Island Care Home and Day Centres for people with intellectual disabilities, which also increases the number of professionals in this field and whose deadline ends on 16 October.
