The wait for dependency aid is still twice what the law marks despite the reduction of the list

The Ministry of Social Rights presents for the first time the data of the System for Autonomy and Care of the Unit (SAAD) and will do so every three months to "improve transparency" The system of the unit will need 260,000 more workers in 2030 to deal with ageing The Institute of Mayors and Social Services (Imserso) has been monitoring the system of care for autonomy and dependency (SAAD).However, it did not present them or analyze them publicly.

The wait for dependency aid is still twice what the law marks despite the reduction of the list

The Institute of Seniors and Social Services (IMSERSO) has been monitoring the autonomy and dependence care system (SAAD) for years. However, he did not present them or analyze them publicly. The Ministry of Social Rights will offer from now on the figures quarterly to “improve accountability and transparency” on support services that more and more people need: home help, day centers, residential care, economic benefits for home care. The Depend…

Navarra is one of the five communities with a minor waiting to receive a dependency benefit, although the average delay reaches 204 days (almost 7 months) in the Foral Community. The question is that the average of the State reaches 338 days from the application for dependency until the benefit is received, where the waiting list has dropped by 9.4 per cent in one year, to 182,532 people.

Rosa Martínez, Secretary of State for Social Rights, and Mayte Sancho, Director General of the Imserso, presented on Thursday the main data on the evolution of the System for Autonomy and Care of the Unit (SAAD). In this first delivery of the SAAD Panel, which will be done on a quarterly basis, data were presented from March 2025, in which it is noted that the waiting list has been reduced by 18,832 people.