miResi is a new digital platform that helps to find a residence for the elderly by putting people looking for residence in contact with the places that are available in centers for the elderly.
In addition to being a free service, its way of operating is completely personalized, since the user contacts miResi to provide contextual information, such as the area, the price or the services that the residence requires, and the miResi specialists carry out a search in their database, triangulating the information of each case with the free places in each residence, as well as personal factors to take into account. After communicating the better user optionsyou are given a Weekly tracking throughout the process, from applying for aid in the Community to entering the residence.
miResi is a new digital platform that helps to find a nursing home for free
The purpose of this platform is digitize the geriatric sectoras well as encourage residences to improve their quality and transparency standards to be able to be included in the miResi network. “This sector can only make it more transparent among all of us. Society has a great responsibility towards the elderly”say Pablo Otero and Pablo Onieva, founders of . At the moment, since its foundation under the umbrella of Báculum Mayores, they have helped more than 3,000 people find residence.
And it is that in 2020 there will be 9 million older people in Spain, 12 in 2030 and 14 in 2040, according to data from the INE. In Madrid, for example, there are 50,000 places for 1,154,000 older people, 4.2% below other places such as France (6.6%) or Germany (5.4%). The Spanish society is getting older and many families find themselves daily with the difficulty finding a place in a residence that fits your needs. As of today, there are 8.9 million people over the age of 65 in Spain (1,154,000 in Madrid alone) for 370,000 vacancies (just under 49,000 in Madrid), an average of 4.2% according to the latest data from the CSIC and INE Aging Online study.
The Lack of beds available in specialized centers for the elderly It is a worrying problem if we take into account that the population pyramid in Spain continues its aging process. According to data from the INE Continuous Register (2018) there are 8,908,151 older people, 19% of the population. In 2019 the average age in Spain is 43.1 years, when in 1970 it was 32.7.
“The generational problem is highlighted by observing how Google searches for nursing homes have doubled in just 6 years”highlight the drivers of myResi. In his opinion, “This implies that many families who cannot take care of their elders, perhaps because they require specific rehabilitation, and have problems finding the ideal residence. Many families end up choosing from very few options a center that does not meet the needs of the elderly person or that is simply too far from home, which increases the feeling of loneliness and worsens their quality of life”.