Czechs to cooperate in common EU policy of elderly care

The Czech Republic wants to participate in designing a common EU strategy for elderly care during the country’s EU presidency next year, Minister for Human Rights and Ethnic Minorities Džamila Stehlíková said on Thursday. Elderly care and protection is one of the Czech priorities for the six-month term of EU presidency during which Minister Stehlíková plans to hold an international conference on dignified retirement.

The Czech Republic has roughly 1.5 million of people over 65 years of age. While their number is expected to reach 2.2 million by 2030, a recent poll showed that some six percent of the elderly in nursing homes suffered maltreatment.