The accreditation of centres for elderly people in a situation of dependency: a tool at the service of employment and care quality

Abstract

La presente investigación pretende analizar el desarrollo normativo autonómico sobre acreditación de centros residenciales y diurnos / nocturnos destinados a personas mayores en situación de dependencia, de manera concreta, en materia de recursos humanos. La acreditación se configura como instrumento de calidad asistencial y generación de empleo. Se estudia el Acuerdo del Consejo Territorial del SAAD de 27/11/2008 (modificado parcialmente el 7/10/2015), donde se fijan criterios comunes sobre titulación y formación directiva, ratios mínimas de plantilla global y específica para Gerocultor/a o similar. Se configura la base normativa que cada Comunidad Autónoma deberá desarrollar o adaptar en el marco de su competencia. Transcurrido el tiempo, se constata cómo el Acuerdo apenas ha sido desarrollado en cada ámbito territorial, se mantiene vigente en algunas autonomías la normativa preexistente y existe disparidad autonómica sobre requisitos de plantillas mínimas globales y específicas.This research aims to analyse the regulatory development of the autonomous regions on the accreditation of residential centres and day/night centres for elderly people in a situation of dependency, specifically, in human resources. The accreditation is configured as an instrument of care quality and job creation. It is studied the Agreement of the Territorial Council of the SAAD of 27/11/2008 (partially modified on the 7/10/2015), where the common criteria on qualification and complementary training, minimum ratios of global and specific staff for geriatric caregivers or similar are established. The normative basis that each Autonomous Community will have to develop or adapt within the framework of their competence is configured. As time has gone by, it is verified how the Agreement has barely been developed in each territorial area, the preexisting regulations are still in force in some of the autonomous regions and there is a disparity in the requirements of the minimum global and specific staff in the different autonomous regions