PEOPLE IN SITUATIONS OF DEPENDENCY RECOMMENDATIONS TO LOWER THEIR VULNERABILITY
This document is the product of a group and cooperative project carried out in October 2006 by a multisectoral and multidisciplinary Expert Panel on issues relating to people in situations of dependency, which was coordinated by Professor Gómez-Jaraboi.
The Panel’s methodology consisted of two, in-person meetings along with email communications, through which each participant’s opinions and thoughts – regarding a basic text that was prepared by the coordinator – were shared and debated. The text below was prepared with the consensus of the members of the panel.
It provides data, information, questions, answers and recommendations – which help to put the problems faced by people in situations of dependency into a framework – as well as expectations and perspectives that the new legislative initiative for the promotion of personal autonomy, and assistance to people in situations of dependency and their families raises; in addition, it includes some fundamental recommendations to ensure that this law becomes more effective in terms of providing improved conditions for the affected people and their families.