In this country, every second house of peaceful old age works illegally

Every second house of quiet old age in Portugal operates illegally, results from the estimates of the Senior Care Association (Ali), cited on Friday by the Lisbon weekly “Expresso”. Over 7,000 operate throughout the country. care facilities for seniors.

Only in the last five years Portugal authorities, according to the data of the Ministry of Social Security, ordered the immediate closure of 128 peaceful houses operating without legal grounds.

In an interview with PAP Antonio Silva from the Coracao Amarelo (yellow heart) association, dealing with support for seniors and homeless people, pointed out that “the costs of living in Portugal are successively growing, and the purchasing power of citizens falls. Few seniors can afford a dignified life today and paying stay in a quiet old age. Private people, often families.

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He added that although many of this type of private care places obtain permits due, the vast majority act illegally.

According to the estimates of the Portuguese Ministry of Social Security from January 2020 to June 2025, social welfare inspectors discovered 1605 illegally operating peaceful old age throughout the country.

The phenomenon of the spread of illegal senior homes is confirmed by Geriatric from the University of Aveiro prof. Jose Martin, who, according to families, is currently not conducive to the mass trips of the Portuguese for work, as well as the depopulation of the village intensifying in the Portuguese province.

“In addition, the family must have decent living conditions at home to the senior, in the current conditions of the living costs of the living in Portugal, two working spouses,” summed up Martin.

From Lisbon Marcin Zatyka (PAP)

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