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The event was opened this morning by the Secretary of State for Social Services, Ana Isabel Lima Fernández and the director of IMSERSO, Manuel Martínez Domene.
Which have conveyed to all listeners the need for a global strategy against loneliness of the elderly.
The main purpose of the meeting is the phenomenon of unwanted loneliness in the elderly, since it is felt as one of the most important problems that requires public attention and that has led to initiatives aimed at fighting against this unwanted situation, from local entities and autonomous communities as reflected in the approaches of the conference.
The data that IMSERSO manages on the situation of the elderly in our country, indicates that 22.37% occupy a sole proprietorship, which is mainly formed when widowhood ensues and the person who experiences it remains at home, since without company.
In the municipality of Murcia, a total of 16,196 people over 60 live alone and 73.68% are women;
Some 2,714 people are over 80 years old, 2,271 are older than 85 and 1,187 are over 90, and they all live alone.
"These are worrying data that require a serious analysis and approach to address a transcendental issue that responds to the change in the model of society we are experiencing," said Paqui Pérez.
The IMSERSO as Entity of state reference in the matter of social services, has raised these days with the objective of establishing a State Network of collaboration in the fight against the unwanted loneliness of the elderly, and that of course the Department of Elders, directed by Paqui Pérez will actively collaborate.
For the mayor "these days mean greater visibility of the phenomenon of unwanted loneliness in the elderly, as well as the end of stereotypes linked to age"
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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