How Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 888 Is Being Implemented: The Experience of the Inpatient Care Home in Medvyn
Evacuation is impossible without further resettlement. Older people living alone and persons with disabilities need a lot more than temporary accommodation, they deserve dignified, long-term solutions to find a safe place to live.
The team of the EAST SOS Charity Foundation systematically monitors the implementation of the experimental project by the Ministry of Social Policy, Family and Unity, ‘Money Follows the Person’. It is implemented in accordance with Resolution No. 888 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of August 6, 2024, and advocates for necessary changes. We also advocate for the necessary changes. In May 2025, we carried out an international monitoring mission to inpatient care homes in six oblasts of Ukraine and began advocating for excessive requirements for facilities to receive state funding to be eased. The monitoring report is available via the link. As a result, changes were adopted allowing older people and persons with disabilities with physical and/or sensory impairments classified as mobility group IV to receive services. In practice, this made it possible for our evacuees to be accommodated in care homes eligible for funding under Resolution No. 888.
“The residential (inpatient) care home in the village of Medvyn, Kyiv Oblast, was the first in the oblast to join the experimental project. Today, 10 older people living alone and persons with disabilities live here with project funding. They receive care, support, and attention around the clock. Our experience shows that for such homes to develop effectively, the requirements must be realistic, funding must be predictable, and the quality of services must be constantly monitored,” said Yaroslav Taranets, Advocacy Officer at EAST SOS.
We have already directed more than UAH 3,000,000 toward repairing and equipping the residential (inpatient) care home in Medvyn. An elevator was installed, the floor was repaired, and the home received household appliances, furniture, hygiene products, and additional mobility aids for people with reduced mobility. EAST SOS psychosocial support specialists also visit the evacuees regularly, hold emotional relief activities, and provide individual consultations.
The renovation work was carried out as part of the project “Integrated humanitarian response for conflict-affected Ukrainians and third-country nationals in Ukraine, Poland, Romania and Moldova,” implemented with support from Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe and funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.
