During the more than ten years of activity, the Artists’ Home offered its services to a number of 130 beneficiaries (32% male and 68% women). In terms of age groups, we can notice a higher incidence of the 65 – 74 years old (34%) and 75 – 84 years old (38%) age groups. Among the most obvious needs of this category of people, the financial needs prevailed (39,1% of the subjects think that their pensions do not correspond to their vital needs, and 46,9% conside that their financial resources can only ensure the minimum conditions for survival, and have a negative impact on their health).
Services offered
- Services of social assistance
- Monthly food package – taken over by UNITER
- Weekly, bi-monthly and monthly housekeeping
- Permanent company for 5 hours/day at the most, every day
- Weekly shopping accompanying
- Medical assistance at the beneficiary’s home – reduced and on a volunteer basis
- Weekly physical recovering
- Approaching the institutions
- Social counseling
The team
- Program Manager
- 1 social asisstant
- 2 companions
- 1 housekeepr
- 1 nurse specialized in physiotherapy
- 1 administrator