017 March 2021
Social-health care: what it is and what function it has.
Social-health care, which is increasingly important given the large elderly population that exists, is one of the professions of the moment.
Social-health care, what is it?
It is, among other aspects, the set of social and health care for those people who are in some way in a certain degree of dependency.
The main objective is to improve the quality of life of the most vulnerable people, such as the elderly, the disabled or the chronically or mentally ill.
The elderly population is increasing more and more, given the increase in life expectancy and the low birth rate. According to statistical analyses, by 2050, 30% of the population will be people over 65 years of age. It is for this reason that society needs professionals who work in this sector, and with this, according to the same study, employment in the social and health sector has increased by more than 35% since 2008.
It should be noted that it does not purely care work, since the professionals in socio-health care also seek the rehabilitation of the patient, their socialization, and the necessary support to continue with their vital development without the limitations they face being an obstacle.
What does a healthcare professional do?
Within the care offered by a social-health care professional, we find day-to-day tasks such as feeding, hygiene and cleaning the dependent person and their environment. They provide them with basic health care and the supply of the corresponding medication and basic cures.
Another of the functions of the socio-health care professional, which is one of the most common, is to carry out the corresponding transfers, such as medical visits or accompanying walks abroad. They also offer psychosocial support.
As we have indicated, it is of great importance to integrate these people into society by improving communication with patients, helping them with their education and facilitating their entry into the labor market, so that they can perform certain jobs.
What professional opportunities does social and health care have?
Among other professional opportunities we highlight the following:
• Home help assistant: This is the person who takes care of a dependent person in their own home, meeting the person’s day-to-day needs, improving their autonomy and relationship with the environment.
• Home Help Assistant in sheltered flats in the European Union: The skills are the same as the home help assistant, but in sheltered flats.
• Personal Home Care Assistant in private homes in the territory of the European Union.
• Socio-sanitary assistant in private centers and public centers: This is the person who intervenes in the performance of social-health care in public and private residential admission centers, providing social and health services to the different people in a situation of dependency who are in it.
• Professional caregiver of dependent people in occupational centers, clinics, day care centers and early care centers.
• Geriatric Assistants in residences for the elderly and dependents: They are those who attend and care for the elderly in their basic needs. Its functions are determined in the 7th State Collective Framework Agreement for care services for dependent persons.
• Therapist in care centers.
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