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Elderly people must not be treated as burden on society
Belgrade,
30 September 2009
Deputy Prime Minister Jovan Krkobabic met today with representatives of organisations taking care of the elderly on the occasion of October 1, the International Day for the Elderly.
Krkobabic said that Serbia has the fourth oldest population in the world, with 15.7% of citizens older than 65.
Elderly people must not be treated as burden on society but must be provided with the best social care, he said.
UN experts predict that in 2050 the number of the elderly will, for the first time in the history of humanity, exceed the number of the young.
According to 2002 census, over 900,000 people in central Serbia and nearly 300,000 in Vojvodina are 65 years of age or older.
Representatives from organisations taking care about the elderly warned that, although the Serbian Government formed a council for the elderly in 2004, it has not yet convened. They also demanded a revision of the results gathered by the National Strategy on Aging, adopted three years ago.
They warned about the aggravated position of aging households, as well as pointing to the feeble coordination amongst all organisations dealing with the issues of the elderly, discrimination towards the elderly and the need to develop an institutional network of social care institutions to take care of them.
Krkobabic promised support in solving all these issues, insisting on a joint struggle in order to resolve them more efficiently and easily.
Also present at today’s meeting were representatives from the Serbian Gerontology Association, Red Cross Serbia, Serbian Association of Pensioners and the Mladja Veselinovic Fund.
Elderly people must not be treated as burden on society but must be provided with the best social care, he said.
UN experts predict that in 2050 the number of the elderly will, for the first time in the history of humanity, exceed the number of the young.
According to 2002 census, over 900,000 people in central Serbia and nearly 300,000 in Vojvodina are 65 years of age or older.
Representatives from organisations taking care about the elderly warned that, although the Serbian Government formed a council for the elderly in 2004, it has not yet convened. They also demanded a revision of the results gathered by the National Strategy on Aging, adopted three years ago.
They warned about the aggravated position of aging households, as well as pointing to the feeble coordination amongst all organisations dealing with the issues of the elderly, discrimination towards the elderly and the need to develop an institutional network of social care institutions to take care of them.
Krkobabic promised support in solving all these issues, insisting on a joint struggle in order to resolve them more efficiently and easily.
Also present at today’s meeting were representatives from the Serbian Gerontology Association, Red Cross Serbia, Serbian Association of Pensioners and the Mladja Veselinovic Fund.
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