The SAAD and the SSIAD are two medico-social services that help elderly people who are losing their independence. Their common aim is to enable them to remain at home for as long as possible.
- The SAAD (Home help and support service) offers services to help with daily living. These include cleaning, washing, dressing, meal preparation and shopping. It can also provide administrative assistance and companionship.
- The SSIAD (Home Nursing Service) provides nursing care, rehabilitation and medical monitoring. It works with elderly people who n²eed occasional or regular care, such as dressings, injections, infusions or monitoring of their state of health.
Problems faced by SAAD and SSIAD:
- Shortage of staff: The SAAD and SSIAD sector is facing a shortage of qualified staff.
- Difficult working conditions: Home helps and care assistants are often faced with difficult working conditions. They work part-time, are paid low wages and are physically and psychologically very demanding.
- Administrative complexity: The administrative management of SAADs and SSIADs is complex and time-consuming.
- Coordination of interventions: There is a need to strengthen coordination between the various players involved in the SAAD and SSIAD to guarantee comprehensive and coherent care for the elderly.
The Aging Well Act and its implications for the SAAD and SSIAD:
The Aging Well Act, adopted in 2024, aims to improve the quality of life of the elderly and make it easier for them to remain at home. It includes a number of measures that affect the SAAD and SSIAD:
- Creation of a departmental autonomy service: The role of this service will be to simplify access to services for the elderly and their families, and to coordinate the work of the various SAAD and SSIAD players.
- Tighter controls: The law provides for tighter controls on homecare services in order to guarantee the quality of services and combat abuse.
- Better training for home helps and care assistants: The law provides for better training for SAAD and SSIAD professionals in order to improve their skills and make them more professional.
- Pay rises: The law provides for pay rises for home helpers and care assistants. The aim is to make these jobs more attractive.
SENEF software publisher: Solutions for the aftercare sector
SENEF offers software solutions to meet the challenges of the SAAD and improve the quality of service provided to the elderly as well as the quality of work for employees:
- Improved working conditions: Simplifies the management of planning, interventions and documents. Facilitates communication between stakeholders.
- Reduced administrative complexity: dematerialisation of documents and simplification of procedures.
- Improved co-ordination: sharing of information between the various players in the SAAD.
Assisted living is a fast-growing sector facing major challenges. The Aging Well Act provides promising solutions. SENEF, with its software solutions, is committed to supporting the SAAD players to improve the quality of life of the elderly and enable them to remain at home for as long as possible.
Progisap and its mobile applications offer a complete and intuitive solution for organisations providing home help services. By automating certain administrative tasks, these tools enable staff to concentrate more on the quality of the support offered to beneficiaries.
What’s more, the personalised monitoring features mean that services can be tailored to meet the specific needs of beneficiaries. The result is more effective and more humane care.
Homecare services are a fundamental pillar of well-being for the elderly. However, to respond effectively to the growing needs of this population, it is essential to meet the challenges facing the sector.
The Aging Well Act provides a framework for improving services. Technological solutions such as those offered by SENEF are helping to improve the efficiency and quality of services.
By combining legislative efforts and technological innovations, we can work together to guarantee a better quality of life for senior citizens. To enable them to grow old in dignity, in their own homes, surrounded by attentive, personalised care.
