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| 23% of those over 65 in Cartagena live alone and 34% live in the company of another elderly | The Department of Social Services is working on the development of a "Protocol for the detection and care of situations of vulnerability and abuse" with which it intends to combat the problems derived from loneliness, as explained by the Deputy Mayor of Cartagena, Noelia Arroyo, in the presentation of the awareness campaign on the occasion of the International Day against Elder Abuse.

With this instrument "we want to develop a detection network for the elderly at social risk due to loneliness or family situations and also establish the response system from the administration," he announced.Arroyo, who has been accompanied by the councilor for Social Services, Mercedes García and by María Beteta, president of the Federation of Senior Associations, has also pointed out that “loneliness makes our elders more vulnerable and the circumstances that come with age are factors that expose them more to possible cases of abuse "and recalled the emergency actions launched by the city council during the pandemic, such as the tele-company program for the elderly by university students and the agreement with the College of Pharmacists to detect absences of greater.The campaign presented this Monday consists of mupis that are already installed on the streets of Cartagena, a decalogue on the rights of the elderly that will be distributed online and a video in which the presidents of the associations of the elderly explain those rights and practices against abuse.

moral and physical.Noelia Arroyo explained that 23% of those over 65 in Cartagena live alone and 34% live in the company of another older person, according to the first diagnosis on the situation of the elderly in Cartagena.

That study indicates that the people of Cartagena with more than 60 years exceed 48,500 and exceed 22% of the population.

In other words, one out of every five people from Cartagena is over 60 years old.

In Cartagena there are 36,256 people over the age of 65, representing 16% of the population.For her part, the president of the Federation of Senior Associations María Beteta, stressed the "importance of senior clubs".

On behalf of the 42 of Cartagena, he assured that "they are missing, because during this health crisis they are closed" and made an "appeal to responsibility, the use of masks and compliance with the safety distance" to return to meet at these centers when it is safe.The Cartagena City Council has the telephone number 968 12 88 04, from the Department of Social Services, available to older people to answer calls in the event that someone is affected by a situation of abuse and also to answer any questions. 

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena