The Juodšiliai Eldership Community Social Services Centre, as a project partner, began implementing the activities of project No. 07-003-P-0001 „Provision and development of integrated assistance in Lithuanian municipalities“ in Vilnius District Municipality on 1 January 2023.
The aim of the project is to ensure the provision and development of integrated assistance to persons in the target group in Lithuanian municipalities. During the project, it is planned to provide nursing, rehabilitation and care services to children with disabilities, adults with disabilities and elderly persons in their homes, as well as in state and municipal institutions implementing pre-school education programmes for pre-school-age children with disabilities (up to 7 years old); also consultations for family members caring for persons with disabilities and/or elderly persons at home (on preparing them for caregiving and on providing care themselves), psychological assistance for persons with disabilities, elderly persons, the family members caring for them, and the staff providing integrated assistance.
During the project, it is also planned to develop the competences and professional qualifications of the staff providing integrated assistance, to equip mobile teams with nursing supplies, equipment, devices and means of transport, and to hold events promoting informal assistance for the staff providing integrated assistance, family members and the community.
It is planned that by the end of 2026, 4,018 persons with disabilities or elderly persons throughout Lithuania will have received integrated assistance.
Project duration – 8 December 2022 – 31 December 2026.
Project funding amount – EUR 43,940,212.00
The project is financed by the 2021–2027 European Union structural support „European Social Fund+“ and by the co-financing funds of the 2021–2027 European Union structural support.
Project promoter – European Social Fund Agency