Editorial: El País

• María Soledad Domínguez and Desiderio Hernández, a married couple with dementia, face possible separation due to imbalances in the rating of dependency.
• Legal norms lose relevance if they do not consider the real-life situations.
• The development of the right to care for dependent people, although advanced in 2006, has been hampered by bureaucracy and economic cuts.
• Cuts during Mariano Rajoy's government resulted in 'moderately dependent' individuals being excluded from public homes.
• Despite the promised funds, services to dependent people have not significantly improved yet; the assessments and claims for benefits take time, and there are waiting lists.
• The demographic challenge of aging population requires a new care model.
• The cost of a private residence is unaffordable for many families.

Conclusion: After 18 years, the dependency law still does not deliver as expected, despite having improved many people's situation.

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