Support structures for the elderly

Residential facility for the elderly (EHPAD)

2022 figures

7 687

Structures in France

742 547

Authorized spaces per year

Main missions

  • Watch over and accompany vulnerable elderly people losing their independence.
  • Provide medical and paramedical care.
  • Provide catering, maintenance and entertainment services.

Main source of funding

Financed by the Objectif Global de Dépenses (OGD), borne by Assurance Maladie and CNSA, and paid to establishments via ARS.

Catering and maintenance services are provided by the establishments.

Professionals involved in care

  • Care support professionals (nurses, doctors, care assistants, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychomotor therapists, etc.).
  • Coordination and referral professionals (nurse coordinators, coordinating physicians, etc.).
  • Social support professionals (psychologists).

Good to know: The EHPAD Hors les Murs scheme is emerging to facilitate homecare and caregiver coordination.

Coordination and referral professionals from coordinating physicians, etc.

Secteur
Médico-social
Public cible
60 ans et plus

Residences for the elderly

2022 figures

2 326

Structures in France

137 042

Authorized spaces per year

Main missions

  • Provide private, independent accommodation, as well as communal areas.
  • Contribute to preserving the autonomy of those welcomed, and promote their social life.

Good to know: There are serviced residences that fulfill the same missions as independent residences, but with a different status and operation (private managers).

There's no alternative to using a private manager.

Main source of funding

Financed via the Objectif Glocal de Dépenses (composed of resources from the Assurance Maladie and the CNSA), and in part by the Conseils Départementaux.

Residences de services are accommodation facilities for the elderly.

Professionals involved in care

  • Professionals involved in the management and organization of support (management, secretariat, accountants, social agents for maintenance and catering, technical agents, etc.
  • Professionals involved in social support (animators, etc.).
  • Depending on the establishment: Care support professionals (occupational therapists, psychomotor therapists, dieticians, etc.).

Secteur
Social
Public cible
60 ans et plus

Day care centers (CAJ)

2022 figures

307

Structures in France

4 392

Authorized spaces per year

Main missions

  • Offer respite to caregivers of elderly people, most often carriers of Alzheimer's disease.
  • Welcome by the day or half-day.
  • Propose varied activities (sport, well-being, development and maintenance of cognitive abilities, health prevention).

Good to know:Their aim is twofold, to improve the quality of life of the elderly person losing their autonomy and to support the family carer.

This is a reception structure for elderly people losing their autonomy and a reception structure for elderly people losing their autonomy.

Main source of funding

Financed via the Objectif Glocal de Dépenses (composed of resources from the Assurance Maladie and the CNSA), and in part by the Conseils Départementaux.

The aim is to improve the quality of life of the elderly person losing their autonomy and to support the family carer.

Professionals involved in care

  • Care support professionals (doctors, paramedics, psychomotricians, occupational therapists, etc.)

    Care professionals (doctors, paramedics, psychomotricians, occupational therapists, etc.

  • Welfare professionals (home helpers, entertainers, psychologists, etc.).
Secteur
Social
Public cible
60 ans et plus

Experimental plants

2022 figures

40

Structures in France

526

Authorized spaces per year

Main missions

  • Medical care
  • Accommodation

Good to know:These may include respite services for caregivers, EHPAD Hors les murs, experimental home services, etc.

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Main source of funding

Benefit from temporary funding (e.g. FISS - Fond d'Investissement du Système de Santé, article 51), paid by the ARS.

Assisted living and rehabilitation services can be respite services for caregivers.

Professionals involved in care

  • Care support professionals (doctors, paramedics, etc.).).
  • Social support professionals (educational staff, care assistants, entertainment team, etc.).
Secteur
Médico-social
Public cible
60 ans et plus

Innovation in structures for the elderly

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Innovation in structures for the elderly is essential today to meet the growing needs of this population. As EHPAD (Établissement d'Hébergement pour Personnes Agées Dépendantes), independent residences, day care centers (Centres d'Accueil de Jour - CAJ) for the elderly and experimental structures multiply, it is becoming crucial to explore innovative solutions to improve residents' quality of life and optimize the services on offer.

EHPAD and PUV: the importance of innovation

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EHPADs, as structures for the elderly, play a key role in the care of people losing their independence. The integration of new technologies can considerably enhance residents' well-being. For example, teleassistance systems make it possible to monitor each elderly person's state of health in real time, reducing the need for emergency interventions and increasing the sense of security.

Autonomous residences: towards more independent living

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Autonomy residences offer a suitable living environment for relatively independent seniors who do not require intensive medical care. For these establishments, innovations focus on services that facilitate daily life and preserve the independence of each senior. These include home automation solutions, home assistance services via telehealth platforms, and social and cultural activities organized via mobile applications. These innovations aim to enrich residents' lives and maintain their independence for as long as possible. Each residence thus implements solutions tailored to the specific needs of its occupants.

Centres d'Accueil de Jour (CAJ): Respite services for caregivers

Centres d'Accueil de Jour (CAJ)

Centres d'accueil de jour (CAJ) for the elderly are structures that temporarily accommodate the elderly to offer respite to family caregivers. Here, innovation translates into personalized services tailored to the specific needs of each elderly person. CAJs can benefit from technologies such as virtual reality to stimulate cognitive abilities, or care coordination platforms to ensure comprehensive, coherent care. These services not only improve the quality of life of the elderly person, but also relieve caregivers by offering them much-needed time off.

Experimental structures: a laboratory for the future

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Experimental facilities for the elderly are innovative structures that test new models of care and accommodation. Each facility is often the testing ground for pilot projects incorporating the latest e-health technologies. For example, robotic solutions to assist the elderly, teleconsultation platforms, or artificial intelligence systems to monitor the autonomy and health of each elderly person. These innovations enable practices to be validated before being deployed on a larger scale in other structures for the elderly.

GIR: an indispensable tool for assessing autonomy

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The level of loss of autonomy of each elderly person is measured by the GIR (Groupe Iso-Ressources), calculated from the AGGIR grid. This system classifies people into six levels, from GIR 1 (greatest loss of autonomy) to GIR 6 (autonomy). People classified in GIR 1 to 4 are eligible for the APA (Allocation Personnalisée d'Autonomie), which helps finance aids to improve day-to-day living. Innovation in structures for the elderly also takes these assessments into account to personalize care and services, ensuring care adapted to each level of dependency.

A promising future for structures for the elderly

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Innovation in structures for the elderly is crucial to meeting the challenges of an aging population. EHPADs, PUVs, independent living residences, day care centers and experimental structures all represent opportunities to improve the quality of life of every elderly person and offer them services tailored to their needs. Innovators in the medico-social sector have a key role to play in this ongoing revolution, by integrating innovative technological and organizational solutions.

In short, whether it's a question of enhancing residents' autonomy, improving accommodation services or offering quality care services, innovation is the key to transforming structures for the elderly into safer, more comfortable and more stimulating places to live.

Support for the elderly is one type of structures in the medico-social and social sector.

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