The Donetsk Regional State Administration is stepping up efforts to evacuate and provide social support to people with limited mobility and lonely residents of the region. An online meeting on these issues was held under the chairmanship of Oleksandr Shevchenko, Deputy Head of Donetsk Regional State Administration.
During the meeting, Oleksandr Shevchenko emphasized the priority of supporting Donetsk residents and the importance of providing quality social services to people in difficult life circumstances immediately after their evacuation. Various options for providing social services to evacuated residents with limited mobility were discussed.
Olena Tokarieva, Director of the Department of Social Protection of the Regional State Administration, presented the possibilities of a pilot project aimed at organizing the provision of social services for inpatient care and supported living for internally displaced elderly people and people with disabilities on the principle of “money follows the person.” This project opens up new prospects for ensuring decent living conditions for the most vulnerable categories of the population.
The deputy heads of the Selydivsk, Shakhiv, Kurakhiv, and Toretsk military administrations shared their valuable experience in organizing inpatient care, assisted living, and home care units in safer regions of Ukraine.
In addition, Lilia Zolkina, Head of the Regional State Administration's Department for Family, Youth and Mass Events of National and Patriotic Education, emphasized the need to evacuate large families to safer areas.
Following the meeting, the military administrations of the localities were instructed to intensify the development and implementation of effective options for providing social services to people with limited mobility who have already been evacuated or are planning to move to safe regions of Ukraine.