For those who are ill and need to be cared for, the Socio-sanitary Unit runs a network of centres, hospitals, residences and day centres for dependent persons .
There has been a progress increase in resources throughout the island and there are places available in day centres and residences as well as socio-sanitary centres and hospitals, all of which provide different types of care depending on the needs of different people .
Elderly people who wish to use the services offered by centres within the IASS health service, must meet a series of requirements.
Who is eligible?
- People over the age of 60
- People who are not yet 60 years of age but are retired because their job is classified by the government as special.
- People over the age of 50 who are pensioners because of a physical, mental or sensory disability, or because of other personal circumstances.
- Spouses or partners of these people may also use the centres as long as they provide evidence of cohabitation.
- Centres are not open to people who suffer from a contagious disease or mental illness which may interfere with the smooth running of the centre or persons who have been definitively expelled from another centre.
Necessary documentation
- A completed copy of the application form.
- A photocopy of your ID card (DNI), or where necessary, that of your legal representative.
- A medical report from your family doctor.
- A photocopy of your health-care card.
- A certified copy of the last income tax statement for the family unit or, where applicable, a non-lodgement certificate.
- A certificate indicating pension payments you receive or, where applicable, a certificate stating that you receive no pension.
- A social report issued by your local health-care centre.
- A cadastral certificate issued by the Gerencia Territorial del Catastro.
Submission of Documentation, Applications and Information
- Unidad Sociosanitaria (IASS)
- Address: Calle Domingo J. Manrique, 2, (Pabellón de Gobierno del Hospital Febles Campos), 38006 Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
- Locate on Google Maps
- Telephone: 922 843 300 / 360
- Fax: 922 241 841
- Website: www.iass.es
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