On 10 September 2026, the Canary Islands government announced in a press release from the Consejería de Bienestar Social that €125.34 million of the €127.17 million in total for Componente 22 of the Mecanismo de Recuperación y Resiliencia has been committed (98.55 per cent). By early September, according to the department, €86.92 million had been paid out, just under 70 per cent of the committed funds. The Consejera Candelaria Delgado presented the result before the Parlamento de Canarias as a concrete step towards transforming the public care system.
The key project is the Programa de Apoyo a la Permanencia en el Hogar, which has a budget of €22.8 million and, according to the authorities, is 99.9 per cent complete. In 2025, 23,449 home-use packages and 18,137 mobile devices were procured, they said – more than 41,500 technical solutions in total to extend telecare. The devices delivered include fixed terminals, smoke and gas detectors, presence and door sensors, fall detection systems, multimedia devices, and watches with geolocation and an alarm function. The public telecare service currently supports more than 17,000 people; the department expects the number of users to reach 20,000 in the coming months.
Another key focus is the Red Canaria de Digitalización de Centros, which is upgrading the technology at care homes and centres for people with disabilities. More than €2.5 million has been budgeted for this initiative, according to the Consejería; 98.85 per cent has been implemented. So far, 583 75-inch touchscreens and 1,171 laptop and tablet packages have been distributed. In addition, financial planning supports the digital transformation of social services, the introduction of electronic records and the development of the Alisio app for family carers.
Delgado stressed that this was not about grant figures alone, but about “infrastructure acquired, technologies rolled out, centres modernised and new housing models” intended to give older people and those needing care greater autonomy and enable them to remain in familiar surroundings. According to the government, the investments form part of the Estrategia de Atención Sociosanitaria de Canarias 2026-2030 with a budget of more than €1.326 billion.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).