Social innovation in university extension work: a case study of the Giralt de Cienfuegos nursing home

Abstract

ABSTRACT
This work deals with a community social project that is developed by students of the third year of the Bachelor’s Degree in Law at the “Hermanas Giralt” Nursing Home, which has been structured with a focus on social innovation and with the basic orientation of covering the needs of this social group at a low cost and with great impact.It is aimed at the accompaniment and legal support of a
vulnerable group of the elderly in the care of this public health care center in the province of Cienfuegos. Here are the partial results of a work that has been carried out based on a previous diagnosis that made it possible to specify which was the most important area of attention and need for the Provincial Directorate of Public Health in which students could participate.

Keywords: Social innovation, Community, Elderly, Social.