This year the price of public rates for different services in Catalonia intended for people will increase by 3%, including assisted residence and day center for elderly people in a situation of dependency, as stated in the agreement signed by business organizations in the sector with the Department of Social Rights of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
This agreement will make it possible to increase the prices of places with public financing in assisted residence and day center by 3% for this year, and with retroactive effects to January 1, 2022. Thus, the monthly price of assisted residence it will go from 1,944.23 euros to 2,002.56 euroswhile the monthly amount for the day center (working days) is will increase from 697.62 euros to 718.55 euros. In the case of residences, the price would be 66.7 euros per day in exchange for care, health care and that derived from the accommodation and maintenance of the users.
Agreement between Drets Socials and entities in the sector to increase public prices in residences and day centers by 3% this year
paschal ribbonpresident of ACRA, the majority employer in the care sector for the elderly, affirms that “We welcome the agreement reached today, but we must say that we do not offsets the effects of rising prices caused by inflationand asks the Generalitat de Catalunya for a new 3% update for the year 2023as provided for in the GERCAT Convention.
For Roser Fernandezgeneral director of La Unió, this agreement “expresses the commitment of the parties to prioritize financing for the sector improvement of wages and working conditions of professionals in the sector, thus dignifying the profession and contributing to the improvement of the quality of care for people”.
Besides, “It is the first major agreement that makes visible the employers unit in all areas of social services for dependency care, the elderly, disability, mental health and additions…, a first step to build in Catalonia a true network of public care social servicescoordinated and willing to update and expand public coverage services to meet the growing needs of the population in this area”. points.
The general manager of the united also emphasizes that it is “a first step to face together, and from the active listening of all parties, the challenges that we have shared: financing improvementcapacity of retain and recruit professionals, service portfolio update of social services and social and health interaction with the creation of the new Agency”.
For the moment, and thanks to the effective increase agreed for this year, it will be possible to improve workers’ wages and comply, therefore, with what was agreed within the framework of the GERCAT Agreement, which already provided for this improvement as long as the administration increased public rates. Nevertheless, the sustainability of entities and companies is worrisome.
In this sense, the president of ACCRAwarns that “the more than 1,000 residences and the more than 900 day centers in Catalonia, like the whole country, are going through a very difficult situation due to the economic situation derived from inflation. We are essential services serving very vulnerable people”adds Cinta Pascual.
In this sense ACADthe Association of Dependency Care Centers, considers this increase in the price per place is insufficient “given that does not allow to cover the rise in costs that we are dealing with in our sphere of activity. This is how we have stated in the Counselor, and in no way do we want this insufficient increase in rates to affect the service offered by our centers “.
both from , , and the rest of the employers signing the agreement, expresses a “major concern” because of the consequences that the long period of price freeze has provoked in the Network of Social Services of Public Attention and, likewise, they have expressed their alarm at the extraordinary increase in costs of supplies, especially in the field of energy and food.