A quick chat with senior citizens

Services for the elderly in Hafnarfjörður are generally
diverse, both in and out of the home. After the ban on gatherings was first
Introduced at the beginning of March, a decision was taken to temporarily suspend
social activities for senior citizens and the closure of shared canteens to ensure full
care and safety. Home care; domestic cleaning, social support and
Assistance with shopping has, for the most part, remained unaffected, but it has nevertheless decreased.
Meal service is available for all older people who wish to use it.

„Elderly residents in
Hafnarfjörður are clearly very conscious of ensuring the utmost safety and
caution and some who have declined services that they have had to
to defend themselves and their home. We therefore decided to contact our
people by telephone and are at the moment contacting those who are 85 years old and
older people who still live at home. We want to take good care of our older people and
ensure that those who have few people around them and need company at this time
He gets through these incredible times. We want our people to feel good and to have
everything to everything“ says Sjófn Guðmundsdóttir, Head of the Support and
support services in the family and children's affairs department of Hafnarfjörður municipality. A quick chat with
Work with older people is carried out in collaboration with staff at the Association of Older People in
Hafnarfjörður is responsible for contacting its people. Catering staff.
Home care services are currently contacting those who are not in the Union.
elderly people, but in total the project affects just over 350 people. Elderly people
those who regularly attended the council's canteen were immediately offered a job upon its closure.
to home delivery of food and the service thus expanded to meet changed
circumstances. 

Trying to adapt the service to the needs of each individual.

The staff of Sjafnar in home care have been on duty since the beginning.
Covid-19 and have emphasised the restructuring and reorganising of their services in
in collaboration with service users. „Despite
All in all, the work has gone incredibly well and that is thanks to the fantastic
staff who have gone to great lengths to find solutions that suit everyone and
one so as to ensure the service“ Sjöfn says and refers to them
actions that have taken place in recent days and weeks during the Covid-19 period. „This is an example of service to
a vulnerable group that needs to be kept uninterrupted at all levels of preparedness and we take
We take our role seriously“ Sjafn says at last.