The 'Fourth Pillar' of Social Welfare is the Social Services system. Care for dependency should be considered as a subsystem of the Social Services system, the range of services which includes the Law of Personal Self-Sufficiency and Care for People in a Dependency Situation (Law 39/2006) corresponds to the benefits provided in the social service laws of Spain's Autonomous Communities, all adopted before Law 39/2006. The introduction by the Generalitat Valenciana Authority of the Law for Dependency Care may undermine the principle of local autonomy enshrined in several legislation structures. The vision of integrated care, planning and coordination from the territory constitutes an essential aspect of social intervention.... [Leer más...]