DART – Declining Ageing and Regional Transformation
CONFERENCE - DEMOGRAPHIC CANGE IN EUROPE SOLUTIONS FOR THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Kajaani, 21 - 23 May 2012
Centru Region
 Centru Region is situated in the
center of Romania, partially
overlaping the historic province
Transylvania;
 Centru Region is formed of 6
counties: Alba , Brasov , Mureş,
Covasna, Harghita and Sibiu;
 As of 1st of July 2009, the
population of the region was
2 524 491 inhabitants.
Ageing and demographic decline in Centru Region
 The population number of Centru Region decreased by 11.2%
between 1990 and 2009. The decrease was due mostly to
negative external migration flow;
 According to the evaluation of the National Institute for Statistics,
the population number in Centru Region will decrease to just 1.9
million until 2050;
 Over the next 40 years, the proportion of the population aged
65 and over, will almost triple, reaching 31.3% of the total
population.
Best practice
Project:
Social and medical home care-services
for elderly/dependent people
 Initiator: Caritas Alba Iulia & Mureș County Council
 Financing: Private funds / Local budgets / State budget
 Beneficiaries: more than 3000 old and dependent persons
living in the rural areas of Mures County.
Partners:
Caritas Alba Iulia
 Is a Romanian NGO established by the RomanCatholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia
 Member of Caritas Confederation România, Caritas
Europe and Caritas Internationalis
 In 2004 Caritas Alba Iulia received the statute of Public
utility NGO, from the Romanian Government, for its
important results and interventions in the field of social
services.
Partners:
Mureș County Council
 Is the administrative body of Mureș County –
one of the 6 counties composing Centru region
 Acts in the field of social services through the
General Direction for Social Assistence and
Child Protection
Social and medical home-care services for elderly/dependent people
Financing:
 Annual allocation from the State and Local Budgets
 Private funds of Caritas Alba Iulia (mostly coming
from donations)
Social and medical home-care services for elderly/dependent people
Beneficiaries:
The ageing process, determined an increase in the number of
seniors afected by various chronic deaseses, unable to benefit
from regular access to primary medical services.
As a response to this problem the target group of the project was
composed by:
 more than 3000 persons (for the period 2007-2010)
 old and dependent persons living in the rural areas of Mures
County.
Social and medical home-care services for elderly/dependent people
Activities:
 Social and medical home-care services:
 Hygiene services,
 Feeding,
 Help for getting dressed or undressed,
 Support for mobility,
 Communication,
 Monitoring of health,
 Kinetotherapy,
 Physiotherapy,
 Kinaesthetics
Social and medical services at home for elderly/dependent people
Additional achievements:
 Caritas Alba Iulia recently
launched
the
first
Romanian online space
dedicated
to
active
seniors
bringing
recognition to the seniors
that have continued to be
active and involved socially
and professionally after
retirement age.
www.mereutanar.com
Additional achievements:
 2 Retirement homes
 Telemedicine programs
Active ageing programs:
Substitute
grandparents.
Volunteering programs
for seniors
Thank you for your attention!
Project Partner
Regional Development Agency Centru (Ro)
David Laurentiu
laurentiu.david@adrcentru.ro
+40 258 818 616