After the last opinion of the State Observatory of the Unit last March, it is highlighted that there has been an increase in 613 people more than in the same period of the 2016 year. A total of 1.123 people they have joined the dependency system in Canary Islands.
Reviewing the statistics provided by the Institute for the Elderly and Social Services (IMSERSO), to March 31 day, a total of 30.818 canaries they have recognized the right to the Unit. However, it can be seen that the 2018 waiting list for November amounted to more than 9000 people. This means that of the most 30000 people within the system entitled to be served by the Dependency Law, only 22.176 people are receiving some kind of helpWhile 8.642 people have the resolution of recognition of degree but they are pending of their Plan of Individual Attention (PIA), which means that they are not receiving any kind of benefit. For its part, the Social Services Law remains stalled in Parliament. While it is true that Canary IslandsParliament intends to promote a plan for the Regional Executive to add 100 million euros to the dependency.
With regard to previous years, the Ministry noted that in 2016 were discharged in the first quarter of the year 510 people, while in 2017 were 130 and in 2018 924 people were reached. With respect to the global figures, in the last three years the statistics show that a total of new 13.857 gross registrations of benefit recognition resolutions have been registered. In this way, and if we add to this figure the 1.123 high of January, February and March of 2019, the total number of discharges amounts to high 14.980.
The Government is proud of the “services and benefits” granted to 5.000 people in 2018, and highlights that the waiting list has decreased by 2.000 users. While it is true that the waiting list has dropped in the last three years, there is still much to do. The reality reflects that the data varies every year since most of the people who take advantage of this system have an advanced age (more than 80 years). Any small progress in this field is positive, but without a Social Services Law that guarantees the future of the Dependency Law, it will continue to be uncertain in Canary Islands.
