Latvian Samaritan Society-alternative services regarding home care in rural districts

Samaritan Society

Background

Name of your initiative:

Short name (acronym):

Website title and address:

Latvian Samaritan Society

Which organization is submitting this initiative?:

KULDIGA MUNICIPAL AGENCY “THE SOCIAL SERVICE”

Please specify in which regions/provinces:

LATVIJA›LATVIJA

City:

Kuldīga

Where is this organization located?:

Latvia

Please enter the name of the contact person for this initiative:

Ineta Eņģele

Please enter the email of the contact for this initiative:

ineta.engele@kuldiga.lv

Part of larger strategy or programme:

National

If you answered "other", please specify:

Please provide us with more details of this programme or strategy:

"Latvian Samaritan Association" offers services that help to live.They provide services for elderly, disadvantaged and disabled citizens like home care, night shelters, specialized transport services, assistants, medical help etc.

The status of the initiative:

On-going

Please give a summary of your initiative (in English):

Availability of health care in rural districts is a serious issue in Latvia. Samaritan Society with the support of local municipalities offers Samaritan home care for elderly and disabled citizens in rural districts.

The geographical scope:

National

Type of initiative:

Public

Environment or setting of the initiative:

Rural

The economic environment or setting of the initiative:

Poor

The most important source of funding for your initiative:

Regional funding

If other, please specify your source of funding:

What triggered this initiative?:

KULDIGA MUNICIPAL AGENCY “THE SOCIAL SERVICE”

Objectives

What are the main objectives of your initiative? Choose a maximum of 3 objectives.:

Housing: increase the number of older people living independentlyCommunity support and health services: increase in client-oriented and -centered made to measure health and social care and servicesTransportation: increase in transport suitable for older people

Please describe any subgoals of your initiative:

Home care services, opportunity for older people live independently.

Target group

Does your initiative target people with a specific impairment or disease?:

Yes

How many people have you reached or do you expect to reach with your initiative?:

25 - 100

Does your initiative target a specific age group?:

65 - 7980+

Does your initiative target men or women?:

Irrelevant

Approach

Please indicate what best describes your initiative:

Implementation›Physical adaptationsImplementation›TechnologyResearch›Innovation/action/applied

What type of intervention strategy is used in your initiative?:

AdvocacyMedia campaignUser-empowerment and participation

Please indicate the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of your initiative:

Not applicable

Who executes the initiative:

Health service contracters›OtherNon-governmental organisationPrimary health care providers›General practitionerPrimary health care providers›NursePrimary health care providers›OtherProvider of informal careProvider of preventive careProvider of social service

What is the relevant physical scale of your initiative?:

Building›In a care settingBuilding›In a different setting, please specifyBuilding›In a residential settingNeighbourhood›Residential settingRegional levelRoom›In a different setting, please specifyRoom›In a residential setting

Please indicate how you think your initiative could be scaled up (made to reach more people):

Publish information in local newspaper, carry out questionaires among elderly, disadvantaged citizens

Please indicate the type of stakeholders concerned with your initiative.:

Please describe how you think your initiative could be transferred to other regions or contexts:

Submit information in mass media and internet

Is your initiative economically sustainable and does it contribute to economic development?:

Yes

If you selected "other" neighbourhood, please specify::

Impact & outcome

Will you collect or have you collected outcome data for this initiative?:

Yes

What do you consider the key success factors of your initiative? If your initiative has not yet started, please indicate what you expect the key success factors to be:

To provide health care and social care services for as many elderly, disadvantaged, disabled people as possible in rural districts

What do you consider the main barriers to overcome in your initiative? If your initiative has not yet started, please indicate what you expect the main barriers to be.:

Lack of structural funding, there might be a change in legislation

What instruments will you use/have used to collect data?:

Adult Social Care Outcome Toolkit (ASCOT) measureOther, namely

If you selected "other" instrument to collect data, please specify:

If yes, how will you/have you collected those data?:

Feasibility studyObservational studiesQualitative evaluation

Will you collect or have collected socio-economic impact data for this initiative?:

Will or are the collected data in the initiative publicly available?:

Yes