Castilla y León prepares care guide for older women

The Junta de Castilla y León has announced that next 2026 it will launch several initiatives, within the framework of the Comprehensive Care Program for Women of the Junta de Castilla y León, with the aim of improve care for women over 50 and 70 years of age. Among them, a new care guide stands out to improve care.

This was announced by the Minister of Health, Alejandro Vázquez Ramos, at the inauguration of the Meeting: Women’s Health. During the event he explained that these initiatives will be launched, specifically, during the first quarter of next year. In this way, we search improve early detection of health problems in these two groups in the cardiovascular, gynecological, cognitive, emotional fields, as well as other factors that affect their physical and mental well-being.

The Minister of Health, Alejandro Vázquez Ramos. Photo: Junta de Castilla y León.

Specifically, a new healthcare guide for professionalswhich will focus on comprehensive care for older women. In addition, it will coordinate the portfolio of Primary Care services with that of the hospitals.

On the other hand, a specific training section on the Health Portal of Castilla y León. This website will offer specific content for patients, such as videos prepared by professionals addressing various topics of interest.

Likewise, two new programs will be launched at the Castilla y León Patient School. They will consist of two workshops:

• Active Woman: will include training activities and educational materials aimed at women and their care.
• Expert Patient: refers to expert women or “life mentors”, that is, women who have overcome diseases such as cancer or depression and will offer voluntary support to other women who are going through similar situations, all under the supervision of health professionals.

The plan also includes the implementation of two programs that offer specific content and an approach to the most frequent physiological changes, physical problems and emotional discomforts that occur after the age of 50. It also includes dedicated attention to female caregivers.

• Active Woman 50+: includes cardiological and gynecological check-ups, screening for cognitive deterioration and alterations in emotional health, the promotion of healthy eating and physical exercise habits, and the reinforcement of care for caregivers.
• Active Woman 70+: includes the assessment of frailty and the risk of falls, addressing nutritional aspects and detecting possible neurological diseases, evaluating emotional health and screening for cognitive impairment, as well as monitoring multiple pathologies and polypharmacy, and reinforcing support for female caregivers at these ages.

From the Junta de Castilla y León they remember that The community is the second oldest in Spainwhile having one of the highest life expectancy in the world, with 87.15 years in women, exceeding the Spanish average. But it is also the third community with the highest percentage of people with chronic diseases or long-term health problems (40.4%). To all this, we must add the overload of care that women sufferand 90.6% of leave from work to care for family members in the region is taken by women.