addressing the needs of specific social groups, in particular disabled users, elderly users and users with special social needs; ’.

addressing the needs of specific social groups, in particular disabled users, elderly users and users with special social needs; ’;

Must the healthcare services referred to in Article 2(2)(f) and the social services referred to in Article 2(2)(j) of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market (1) be interpreted in such a way as to exclude from the scope of the Directive day-care centres within the meaning of the ordinance of the Commission communautaire commune of 24 April 2008 on establishments receiving or accommodating old people, in so far as they provide assistance and care appropriate to the loss of independence of old people, and likewise night-care centres within the meaning of the ...[+++] same ordinance, in so far as they provided health assistance and care that cannot be given to old people by their close relatives on a continuous basis?

Strengthening the integration component of admission procedures, e.g. through pre-departure measures such as information packages and language and civic orientation courses in the country of origin Organising introduction programmes and activities for newly arrived third-country nationals to acquire basic knowledge about language, history, institutions, socio-economic features, cultural life and fundamental values Offering courses at several levels taking into account different educational backgrounds and previous knowledge of the cou ...[+++]ntry Reinforcing the capacity of introduction programmes and activities for dependants of persons subject to admission procedures, women, children, elderly, illiterate persons and people with disabilities Increasing the flexibility of introduction programmes through part-time and evening courses, fast track modules, distance and e-learning systems Targeting introduction activities at young third-country nationals with specific social and cultural problems related to identity issues, including mentoring and role-model programmes Pooling resources enabling adjacent municipalities to offer different types of courses | Stimulating trans-national actions, e.g. adaptation of good practices to different contexts, exchange of personnel, joint development of programmes, common dissemination of results Supporting innovative integration programmes or models incorporating language and communication training, and the cultural, political and social characteristics of the host country |

(e)addressing the needs of specific social groups, in particular disabled users, elderly users and users with special social needs.

- Programme of co-operation between the social housing agencies, the social services and the care services for the integration of disabled people, the elderly, immigrants, refugees, travellers, Roma, the homeless (Finland, United Kingdom).