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Senior friendly

Europe can be more senior friendly thanks to:

  • improvement of the availability and quality of social services for people aged 60+
  • creation of new spaces for senior citizens 
  • building, rebuilding and developing care centres and social integration clubs
  • caring about the health and safety of elderly people and their standard of living
  • increasing the quality of life of the elderly and lonely persons
  • facilitating social inclusion of people with disabilities, at risk of poverty or social exclusion
  • developing community care

Improvement of the availability and quality of social services for people aged 60+

Woman and man baking cake during senior classes.

Photo 1: The cohesion policy helps to improve availability and quality of social services for people aged 60+, including establish the senior clubs being the places of education, integration and activation of elderly people (Poland). Phot. Collage Przemysław Gąbka

Creation of new spaces for senior citizens

Elderly woman sitting and talking to a younger woman in care centre in Brtnice, Czech Republic. Phot. Michal Novotny

Photo 2: We create new spaces for senior citizens where they can relax or exercise, train their memory and motorics as well as attend workshops, discussions etc. (Czech Republic)  Phot. Michal Novotny      

Building, rebuilding and developing care centres and social integration clubs

An elderly man walking along the corridor with a nurse in a social welfare home in Wroclaw.

Photo 3: We build, rebuild and develop care centres and social integration clubs for elderly people to provide care services at the highest level (Poland). Phot. Marshal's Office of the Dolnośląskie Region      

Caring about the health and safety of elderly people and their standard of living

Close on an elderly woman's hands with the so-called life bracelet.

Photo 4: We care about the health and safety of elderly people and their standard of living. We provide modern equipment that makes them more independent and safer. We improve the qualifications of carers and offer a wider range of care services (Poland). Phot. Piotr Bedliński     

Increasing the quality of life of the elderly and lonely person

The photo presents a group of seniors walking in a birch forest.

Photo 5: Involvement of local volunteers and EU funds allows us to increase the quality of life of the elderly and lonely persons (Poland). Phot. Marshal's Office of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region     

Facilitating social inclusion of people with disabilities, at risk of poverty or social exclusion

An elderly man sitting in front of a laptop during a computer course listening to the trainer's instructions.

Photo 6: The EU funds facilitate social inclusion of people with disabilities, at risk of poverty or social exclusion by performance of trainings, increasing professional skills and employment services (Poland). Phot. Wniebowzięte Rafał Michałowski       

Developing community care

The photo presents seniors growing tomatoes on the "Green Care" farm.

Photo 7: Thanks to the EU funds we ensure joyful and sunny autumn years by developing community care to the seniors (Poland). Phot. Marshal's Office