La Dependencia en el Ecuador IESS

The relation of dependence in Ecuador is about people who need the help of someone else by age, health and / or disability. There are three degrees of dependency, which relate to professional and non-professional care. In Spain the financing counts on the part of the State, whereas in Ecuador it is...

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Main Authors: González Soriano, Franklin Javier, Sambonino Garcia, Barbara de Lourdes, Díaz Jiménez, Diógenes
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7983630
Source:RECIMUNDO: Revista Científica de la Investigación y el Conocimiento, ISSN 2588-073X, Vol. 2, Nº. 1, 2018, pags. 244-258
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Summary: The relation of dependence in Ecuador is about people who need the help of someone else by age, health and / or disability. There are three degrees of dependency, which relate to professional and non-professional care. In Spain the financing counts on the part of the State, whereas in Ecuador it is due to the payment of taxes of the citizens. The Ecuadoran Charity Board is one of the entities that helps elderly people in their proper care, trying to improve their quality of life, another well-known asylum would be the San José Home, which, unlike the previous mentioned one, is private and requires a Payment of each of the residents of the same or their relatives. Each of these entities has tried to provide support to the elderly, thus giving them the importance they have in society An analysis of the different support sites for older adults in Ecuador is presented below, comparing it with the Spanish system and what its incidence would be if it were feasible to apply the same systems.