16.10.2024 12:32
The Minister of Family and Social Services, Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş, announced that a total of 4.9 billion lira in aid for home care services has been deposited into accounts this month. The assistance program, which aims to maintain the family integrity of individuals with disabilities receiving a monthly payment of 9,077 lira, reaches 544,000 people.
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The Minister of Family and Social Services, Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş, stated that the Home Care Assistance for fully dependent citizens and their families has started to be deposited into accounts, saying, "This month we are depositing a total of 4.9 billion lira in Home Care Assistance into accounts."
"WE ARE SUPPORTING THE STRENGTHENING OF FAMILY UNITY"
Minister Göktaş, in a written statement, noted that Home Care Assistance, one of the family-oriented care service models, was implemented in 2006 to primarily support disabled individuals alongside their families. Emphasizing that they prioritize care being provided at home in a way that preserves the family integrity of disabled individuals, Göktaş stated that with Home Care Assistance, they support the preservation and strengthening of family unity by allowing disabled individuals to live with their family or relatives without being separated from their living environment.
9,077 LIRA PAID PER BENEFICIARY
Stating that a monthly payment of 9,077 lira is made per beneficiary under the Home Care Assistance, Minister Göktaş used the following expressions: "As a ministry, we are developing policies with a rights-based perspective to ensure that disabled individuals fully access their fundamental rights such as education, health, security, and employment. We strive to reach every individual in society with the holistic and fair social service models we have developed. This month, we have started to deposit a total of 4.9 billion lira in Home Care Assistance into accounts for fully dependent citizens and their families. Currently, 544,000 of our citizens benefit from Home Care Assistance. Within the framework of our vision for the Century of Turkey, we will continue our efforts to ensure that rights-based social assistance in the field of disability is sustainable with a transparent understanding."
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