The Županja City Red Cross Society has begun implementing the "Mobile Lending Library of Patient Aids for Elderly and Seriously Ill Persons" programme, which allows users to borrow, receive and have aids installed directly in their homes.
The aids include hospital beds, wheelchairs, walkers and other devices, which the society’s staff not only lend out but also deliver and set up at the user’s address. The Red Cross says this aims to ensure a safer, higher-quality and as independent as possible life in their own homes for people cared for by family members and those in need.
The programme covers a range of interconnected activities, from the transport of aids to advisory support for family members and caregivers. It is being implemented in partnership with the City of Županja and the Babinom Greda municipality, with financial support from the Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy.
In the first year of implementation, it is planned to include at least 100 direct users. Through this programme, the Županja Red Cross is developing and improving its existing patient aid lending library, which has been operating since 1996.
Persons who need an aid, as well as their family members and caregivers, can contact the Županja Red Cross for information on the availability of aids, lending conditions and delivery arrangements. Once a user no longer needs a specific aid, it is returned, inspected, maintained or repaired as necessary, and prepared for the next user.
The Red Cross calls on citizens who have their own patient aids at home that are no longer needed to consider the possibility of donating them to the lending library.
