Traduction de «Aide soignante à domicile aux personnes agées » (Français → Anglais) :

whereas providing adequate protection for people with disabilities, the elderly, ill people, dependants and minors is a fundamental EU principle, and domestic and care work is a sector that is essential to ensuring that it is maintained.

51. Recommends that the Member States and their relevant authorities invest in the construction and refurbishment of affordable social housing in order to address the issues of dilapidated housing and the attendant health risks, diverse family structures, the ageing population, dependent elderly people who choose to remain in their own homes, the specific needs of disabled persons and of young people, particularly in terms of housing and professional mobility; recommends that structural funding be used for these purposes under the next programming period (2014-2020); takes the view that social support measures as regards access to hous ...[+++]ing contribute to the creation of ‘white jobs’, which are essential if we are to meet current and future social challenges, such as the ageing population; stresses the positive role that the European Social Entrepreneurship Funds could play as regards social support and integration-through-housing projects;

53. Recommends that the Member States and their relevant authorities invest in the construction and refurbishment of affordable social housing in order to address the issues of dilapidated housing and the attendant health risks, diverse family structures, the ageing population, dependent elderly people who choose to remain in their own homes, the specific needs of disabled persons and of young people, particularly in terms of housing and professional mobility; recommends that structural funding be used for these purposes under the next programming period (2014-2020); takes the view that social support measures as regards access to hous ...[+++]ing contribute to the creation of ‘white jobs’, which are essential if we are to meet current and future social challenges, such as the ageing population; stresses the positive role that the European Social Entrepreneurship Funds could play as regards social support and integration-through-housing projects;

particular attention should be devoted to combating the maltreatment, physical, psychological, sexual and financial abuse and neglect of elderly people in their own homes, in residential care and in hospital, by family members, carers and health or social care professionals, both by means of awareness-raising campaigns aimed at the general public and those working in the health and social services, and by creating services specifically designed for victims of maltreatment and programmes to re-educate those guilty of such acts; welcomes the research being carried out into elder abuse and calls on the Commission to ask the European Agency ...[+++] for Living and Working Conditions to co-ordinate the sharing and dissemination of knowledge and policies in this area; believes there is an urgent need to establish a network of vetting systems in the respective Member States so that a person who moves to another Member State, and seeks a job with elderly people, can be subject to security checks with the Member State from which he or she has come,

24. Is aware of the growing problem of the physical, psychological, sexual and financial abuse of vulnerable older people in their own homes, in residential care and in hospital, by family members, carers and health or social care professionals; welcomes the research being carried out into elder abuse; and calls on the Commission to ask the European Agency for Living and Working Conditions to co-ordinate the sharing and dissemination of knowledge and policies in this area;

According to the Commission, the cost of employing a specialist nurse to help elderly people at home costs something like half as much as keeping a person in a residential home, and using a multiskilled farmer to carry out countryside conservation work is almost three times cheaper than getting a firm of contractors to do the work.