Community partnership projects for day care institutions for parents:
The institutions were established to provide care, health, social, psychological, recreational and educational services for the elderly in the midst of residential neighborhoods, and to keep them close to their families and social environment, in order to enhance the positive psychological feeling and deepen communication between them and members of society. These homes are like day clubs for the elderly and are distributed in all governorates of the Kingdom.
These homes are managed by NGOs, charitable funds, and private institutions, which are licensed by the Ministry of Social Development and which, supports them technically.
Objectives:
- Create a psychological and social atmosphere for the elderly in the vicinity of their community.
- Helping the elderly to communicate with members of their community and integrate them into their social surroundings.
- Provide privacy for the elderly and taking into account they are not isolated at the institutes.
- Providing social, psychological, health and recreational care for the elderly.
- Providing care for elderly people whose family circumstances do not allow them to provide for their needs.
- Implementing and developing appropriate rehabilitation programs for the elderly in order to benefit from their capabilities and potential.
Services:
- Psychological, social, recreational and rehabilitative services to keep the elderly within the vicinity of society in a way that enhances their mental reassurance.
- Communication between all segments of the community by enhancing interpersonal bonding through visits, external tours and various gatherings.
- Health services, including physiotherapy services and movement programs for the elderly whose health condition requires it.
- Practicing handicrafts and hobbies to utilize their leisure times and encourage the elderly to naturally restore their motor skills and depend on themselves.
Procedures for submitting a license application for a day care institution for parents:
Submit an application to the Ministry of Social Development with the following attachments:
- The license and documents supporting the application.
- Statement of the specific amount and source of funding for the institute.
- Name of the director responsible for all technical, administrative and supervisory work in the institute.
- The application shall be entered with serial numbers;
- Renew the license every two years (once an application submitted to the Ministry) and ensure to do so at least two months before its expiration.
Conditions for opening a day care institution for parents:
- The building must be independent according to the standards of elderly services and meet the occupational health and safety requirements approved by the competent authorities.
- Determine purpose of establishing the home.
- Provide administrative and technical staff.
- Prepare work requirements at the shelter from transportation services to other privileges.
Granting Program Guide of the Parental Daycare Institutions:
The Ministry of Social Development is seeking to launch its renewal initiatives in order to highlight its developmental vision regarding the investment of human capacities in the Kingdom and working on satisfying the interactive needs within the family and community.
The Financial Grants Program for the Parents' Homes and Clubs comes from the Ministry’s assumption of its societal responsibilities towards the elderly in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Furthermore, it provides the care, rehabilitation and services for the elderly in their areas of residence, where annual financial grants were allocated to Parents’ Day Care that are managed by civil society institutions under direct supervision by the Ministry.
The Ministry launches its initiatives in providing grants to parental care homes, which are managed in partnership with civil society organizations and local community residents, to provide various aspects of services for the elderly, whose requirements have become one of the basic components of society. The idea of the program is based on assigning a number of civil society organizations (NGOs) and licensed institutions concerned with the affairs of the elderly to manage the role of parents, which the Ministry seeks to provide financial support every year by providing psychological, social, health and other services to elderly visitors in local communities.
Objectives:
- Providing financial grants to parental day care institutes in the Kingdom of Bahrain to enable them to perform their role in providing care for the elderly.
- Providing an opportunity for the elderly to meet and communicate with the individuals and institutions of the civil society.
- Activating and strengthening the principle of community partnership between the Ministry and the civil and private sectors to contribute to providing services for the elderly.
Conditions for benefiting from the program:
- The institute must obtain an official license authorizing it to run and operate a parental day care institute.
- The institute is committed to providing services and programs according to what is contracted between it and the Ministry of Social Development.
- The institute is committed to providing services to the elderly in the vicinity of the community in which it operates.
- The institute is committed to providing regular, uninterrupted services according to a clear timetable approved by the Ministry.
Organizations eligible for grants:
- Officially licensed civil societies.
- Private institutions licensed to provide elderly care services.
About the grants:
The Ministry of Social Development to provide financial support for the following authorities:
- Annual financial grants for institutions and agencies to enable them to hire the necessary headquarters (partnership)
- Annual financial grants for institutions and agencies to enable them managing elderly care homes (partnership).
- Financial grants to support the elderly homes to increase their services and improve the quality of their works provided for elderly.
Documents required for grants:
- Official license for the institution interested in the management of parental day care institute and its objectives.
- Fill out the comprehensive search form for the institution wishing to manage the parental day care institute that is carried out by the elderly care section.
- The availability of an independent building for the institution wishing to manage the parents ’role, which meets all the requirements from the competent authorities.
- Provide a list of the administrative and technical personnel necessary to manage and operate the parents ’role.
Applying for grants: :
Institutions and entities wishing to benefit from the program submit their requests to the Welfare and Social Rehabilitation Sector at the Ministry of Social Development by completing the forms designated for this program.
Program Supervisors:
- The Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sector shall be the agency supervising the program in cooperation and coordination with the Ministry's Community Partnership Committee, which undertakes the official notification about it. Parties wishing to benefit from it must fill in and complete the form data and submit it to the sector.
- The Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sector coordinates with the Elderly Care Department to conduct a research and inspection on the building's suitability.
- The authorities submit periodic reports every three months on the level of performance.
Evaluation Criteria:
- Institutional evaluation that includes public administration, financial management and systems.
- Data on the role including the nature of the service, its objectives, the beneficiaries, the financial aspects and the justifications for benefiting from the program.
- Annual work plan and plans for monitoring and evaluation.