Overview
- El Coto’s pilot runs with a stable territorial team of 15 professionals providing continuous care to about 50 users, replacing rotating assignments.
- Around 50 entities met at the Biblioteca Jovellanos to coordinate the response to unwanted loneliness, with three new partners joining: Fundación Real Sporting de Gijón, the La Serena neighborhood association, and representatives of SAD workers.
- A commission will meet quarterly and meetings will be decentralized across neighborhoods to implement the 2025–2028 Local Action Plan for Older People.
- Officials say the Ciudadelas model, inspired by European approaches such as Buurtzorg, will be extended to two additional neighborhoods.
- FMSS is conducting a formal evaluation tracking satisfaction, autonomy, avoidable hospitalizations, and community impact, alongside workforce measures like continuous training, weekly coordination, and emotional support.