{"id":13890,"date":"2019-07-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/tolf-ny-serhaefd-dagdvalarrymi-verda-opnud-i-hafnarfirdi\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:01:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:01:52","slug":"twelve-new-specialised-day-care-places-will-be-opened-in-hafnarfjordur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/tolf-ny-serhaefd-dagdvalarrymi-verda-opnud-i-hafnarfirdi\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelve new specialised day care places opened in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Health has granted the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur a licence to operate twelve new day care places for people with dementia. The City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur will provide premises for the operation and guarantee that services to users will be provided on a professional basis in accordance with the needs of people with Alzheimer's and other memory disorders. Cooperation will be sought with the Alzheimer's Association as the professional backer of the service.<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Svand\u00eds Svavarsd\u00f3ttir says she is extremely pleased to have been able to grant the municipality's request to expand this important service, as the need is urgent:\u201e<em>Improving healthcare for the elderly, alongside a major expansion of nursing and day care places, is a key priority I have placed at the top of my agenda. Work on developing a strategy for people with dementia is well underway, and it is quite clear that the increase in specialised day care places for people with Alzheimer's and other memory diseases represents a significant improvement for this patient group and their families.\u201c <\/em>says Svand\u00eds Svavarsd\u00f3ttir, Minister of Health.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201eWe have long advocated for increased services and we very much welcome the ministry's decision. At Drafnarh\u00fas, 22 individuals are currently receiving specialised training and leisure activities, which is extremely important for this group and their families. It is now possible to provide services for an additional 12 individuals, and hopefully even more in the future. There is a great shortage of day care places for people with dementia, and an urgent need for increased services that improve the quality of life for these individuals.\u201c<\/em> says R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, a specialised day care for people with dementia has been run since 2006 at Drafnarh\u00fas. The municipality of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur has provided the premises, while the service has been operated by the Alzheimer's Association. Drafnarh\u00fas has capacity for 22 individuals. With the authorisation the Minister granted to the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur today, the total number of specialised day care places for people with dementia in the municipality will be 34.<\/p>\n<p>Draft guidance on the care of individuals with dementia was published for consultation on the Government's consultation portal on 24 June, and the deadline for submissions is 1 September.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/samradsgatt.island.is\/oll-mal\/$Cases\/Details\/?id=1410\">Draft strategy on the affairs of individuals with dementia in the consultation portal<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heilbrig\u00f0isr\u00e1\u00f0herra hefur veitt Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6 rekstrarheimild fyrir t\u00f3lf n\u00fdjum dagdvalarr\u00fdmum fyrir f\u00f3lk me\u00f0 heilabilun. Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6r mun \u00fatvega h\u00fasn\u00e6\u00f0i fyrir reksturinn og \u00e1byrgjast a\u00f0 \u00fej\u00f3nusta vi\u00f0 notendur ver\u00f0i veitt \u00e1 faglegum grunni \u00ed samr\u00e6mi vi\u00f0 \u00fearfir f\u00f3lks me\u00f0 alzheimer og a\u00f0ra minnissj\u00fakd\u00f3ma. Leita\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur eftir samvinnu vi\u00f0 Alzheimersamt\u00f6kin sem faglegum bakhjarli \u00fej\u00f3nustunnar. Svand\u00eds Svavarsd\u00f3ttir heilbrig\u00f0isr\u00e1\u00f0herra segist afar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13890"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}