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Presentation of National Action Plan for the Elderly before 2015
Belgrade,
23 February 2006
Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Policy Slobodan Lalovic presented today the National Action Plan for the Elderly covering the period between 2006 and 2015. Along with the social care reforms, the plan should enable a more dignified life to senior citizens in Serbia.
At a conference themed "Towards a Society for All Ages", held at the Belgrade Gerontology Centre in Bezanijska Kosa, Lalovic said that the government is thus attempting to make a step toward solving the problems of the elderly in Serbia. He added that the government has yet to state its view on the Action Plan.
Lalovic, who is also head of the Serbian Council for Ageing and Old Age Issues, warned that Serbia is one of the countries with the oldest population age profiles, which means it is following the general ageing trend.
According to Lalovic, due to the low birth rate, there are currently around 1.2 million people over 65 years of age in Serbia, 157 municipalities are "demographically old", the number of over-80-year-olds has significantly increased, and every second elderly person lives in an ageing household.
Lalovic said that the key problem these households are faced with is the fact that they are in the low-income social group. Therefore, the basic task of the Action Plan is to enable a longer and improved quality of life to enable them to be on an equal footing with the rest of the population, explained the minister.
The National Action Plan for the Elderly is a strategic document based on the draft action plan composed by the Serbian Society of Gerontology.
The basic principles of the Action Plan are a recognition of the ageing phenomenon in all aspects of development policies, social integration of the elderly and support to the families with elderly members.
Lalovic, who is also head of the Serbian Council for Ageing and Old Age Issues, warned that Serbia is one of the countries with the oldest population age profiles, which means it is following the general ageing trend.
According to Lalovic, due to the low birth rate, there are currently around 1.2 million people over 65 years of age in Serbia, 157 municipalities are "demographically old", the number of over-80-year-olds has significantly increased, and every second elderly person lives in an ageing household.
Lalovic said that the key problem these households are faced with is the fact that they are in the low-income social group. Therefore, the basic task of the Action Plan is to enable a longer and improved quality of life to enable them to be on an equal footing with the rest of the population, explained the minister.
The National Action Plan for the Elderly is a strategic document based on the draft action plan composed by the Serbian Society of Gerontology.
The basic principles of the Action Plan are a recognition of the ageing phenomenon in all aspects of development policies, social integration of the elderly and support to the families with elderly members.
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