According to data from the Department of Social Rights and Inclusion, 9,032 people are pending initial assessment, while another 9,540 are waiting to receive the Individual Care Program (PIA). This program includes both economic benefits and care resources, such as home care, day centers, or residential places.
To address this situation, the Department of Social Rights and Inclusion has presented the CURA Plan in Tarragona. The main objective of this initiative is to "unclog the dependency bottleneck" and "transform the care system" to make it more efficient and faster.
“"With this collaboration between Social Rights and Health, what we want is for those people who opt for an economic benefit to be able to receive this benefit within two weeks and, therefore, then carry out social monitoring, and this implies entry into the health system, but also changing the ways of working of the basic social services tools."
The plan's implementation will be carried out in two phases. During 2026, a reduction in waiting lists is expected, prioritizing people with grade 3 dependency. Furthermore, those awaiting a residential place will be able to receive an economic benefit within six months to alleviate the wait. It is hoped that within about two years, these measures will allow the autonomous community to become a pioneer in dependency management, reducing current waiting times that double what the law stipulates.
The CURA Plan is structured around four axes and eighteen measures, which include prioritizing individuals with grade III, streamlining economic benefits, creating minimum coverage aid for those awaiting a care resource, and ending undue payments. These changes are also framed within the Decree-Law on urgent measures in the field of dependency.
