EGNYA - challenges & good practices supporting older people with a disability

December 2021

Challenges

🡪 Lack of expertise

🡪 Increased needs 

🡪 Increased cost

🡪 Burden on existing staff increase

🡪 Burn out

🡪 Financial resources

🡪 Difficulties in accessing health care services 

🡪 Increased paternalization towards individuals with I.D.

🡪Moving from a quality-of-life paradigm back to a quality of care one.

  • Ageing was not seen from a service perspective 
  • Lack of proactive planning 
  • Comorbidities and loss of skills
  • Lack of staff
  • Lack of resources on service and on family level
  • Staff and family attitudes
  • Good practices
  • Individualized and person center approach. 
  • Quality of life goals.
  • Aiming to maintain roles and not just skills. 
  • Training of staff
  • Community based services.
  • Cooperation and co-production.