bolsa de cuidadores
Published 3 November 2026, 09:35
bolsa de cuidadores (carers' pool)
A list of recognised carers and helpers from which someone is found to step in while the main carer takes a break. It was created as part of the 2024 rule changes; in the Azores the pool has its own website where home helpers, professionals and volunteers sign up.
Where you come across it. When the carer needs a break but there is no free place in a care home or an inpatient unit.
How it works is set out in a separate ministerial order, and it is a social services professional who offers you the pool: you do not apply to it yourself.
Official website: apoioaocuidador.azores.gov.pt