Trainings in Management of the home care services were organized in Slatina-Timiş (August) and Miercurea Ciuc (October); a number of 45 representatives from TON communities cold follow these trainings and enhance their understanding of work in home care services. Monthly meetings are organized in each of the communities where all relevant issues are debated. Identification of potential beneficiaries started gradually in September-October in each of the communities as November 1st was the date where the community teams were completed by part time home care nurses. Home care nurses started their activity by assessing the cases already identified (fulfilling assessment grids and individual care plans that are used in publicly funded services). Volunteers were formally recruited also starting with November 1st; roles have been defined within the LSCs, i.e. such as roles for services organization and administrative support or roles for organizing volunteers in the community that would further identify beneficiaries and support the nurses activity. A number of 136 beneficiaries are already been attended in the pilot communities. Within the project, a number of 7 press conferences have been organized – an opening one in Slatina-Timiş in April, a national one with guests from main national institutions hosted by the Belgian Embassy in June in Bucharest and five press conferences during the Promotion, advocacy and fundraising campaign “Cycling for home care” tour in September (Cluj, Bistriţa, Moldoviţa, Botoşani, Hodora) with more than 30
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appearances in the media. A high number of organizations were visited and informed about the project at local, county and national level; 2 partnership agreements have been signed with Caraş-Severin County Council and Bistriţa-Năsăud District Health Authority. Impressive work has been developed by the 6 communities to work within their constituencies, define/ refine their legal statues in such a way as to allow for the provision of home care services, to follow these documents in courts and to gain juridical personality, a process that is about to be finalized in all communities. Further steps for obtaining authorizations and accreditation are on the way. Batăr leads this effort by obtaining the first medical authorization. The project has also benefitted from a positive review during a monitoring visit from the Swiss Contribution Office from the Swiss Embassy. Last but not least, 16 of the TON members have benefitted of a training of introduction in kinaesthetics offered by our partners Caritas.