15/06/2023 – It amounts to almost 31 million of Euro the amount put in place by public institutions to support the needs, increasingly growing in a society marked by an aging population and the incidence of multiple forms of disability, people in conditions of non-self-sufficiency residing in the Municipality of Parma.
The data was presented this morning at a press conference by Ettore BriantiCouncilor for Social Policies, Anthony Balestrinodirector of the Parma District of the Local Health Authority, e Antonio Nouvennecouncilor in charge of integration policies between the hospital and the territory.
In particular, 10 million (of which 7.3 from national and regional sources; 2.7 million from the municipal budget) are those dedicated to people with disabilities and 20.7 million (of which 15.6 from national and regional ; 5.1 million from the municipal budget) are those dedicated to non self-sufficient elderly people.
Of the total of 31 million, 20 million are the resources (FRNA) made available by the Region to which should be added approximately 3 million national funds (FNA), amounts which finance the network of accredited social and health services overall, aimed in particular at supporting home and residential projects.
To this total are added more 4 million invested by the Local Health Authority.
On the other hand, the own resources that the Municipality invests starting from its own budget amount to 8 million, to support families in accessing the network of home and residential services.
Public resources as a whole finance 2 types of services and interventions: those residential (5.1 million for disabilities and 14.5 million for the elderly)including homes for the elderly, social-health residential centers and apartment groups dedicated to people with disabilities, and those in support of home care (4.9 million for disabilities and 6.2 million for the elderly), including home assistance, care allowances, the network of day centers (accredited day centres, day social rehabilitation centres, socio-occupational centres), relief measures for caregivers.
The system includes “special” funds, designed to respond to specific needs:
- REGIONAL FUND FOR NON SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR PEOPLE WITH SEVERE ACQUIRED DISABILITIES (FRNA GRA.DA);
- NATIONAL FUND FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE ROLE OF CARE AND ASSISTANCE OF THE FAMILY CAREGIVER, which provides for various forms of support: direct support interventions, relief, care allowances, training and information events;
- AFTER US FUND which provides specific forms of support to protect people with disabilities when family support is lacking. It is with this Fund that the “autonomy schools” were financed, co-housing, support in the management of daily life, programs to strengthen autonomy;
- “INDEPENDENT LIFE” NATIONAL FUND: aimed at guaranteeing the person with disabilities an independent life plan through personalized support;
- FUND FOR THE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, which provides, starting from 2023, a range of interventions, dedicated to people with autism spectrum disorders, of an educational-enabling type aimed at minors and adults, also in support of the activity education, the extension of the care allowance to minors in situations of particular difficulty, as well as projects aimed at promoting inclusion through socializing activities (sport, culture, free time).
In addition to the network of accredited social and health services, the administration finances, with municipal resources, further interventions, such as forms of co-housing, accommodation with services, remote assistance, measures to support the caregiver, (in collaboration with associations and the third sector) Clissa desk for the qualification of care work. Innovative projects are active in favor of people with disabilities, such as the B-factory, the Job coach, and others in collaboration with the third sector and associations (Innovation Table of area plans).
These interventions are part of a context of resources that amount to over 50 million euros corresponding to the Social Sector Budget whose beneficiaries are estimated at 12,300 people, an increase compared to 2019 (8,753) .
Approximately 61% of the expenditure is dedicated to non self-sufficient people and 39% to minors, families, adults in poverty and hardship.
For 2023 and for the next few years, the Administration plans to invest in new lines of development and planningalso on the impetus given by Parma Social Pacta powerful tool to promote social-health integration with concrete actions and the sharing of long-term strategies with the Third Sector and all civil society (bank foundations, companies, trade associations, trade unions), which will be publicly presented to the city next June 27th.