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Minho has 2,586 elderly people in a situation of isolation, according to the budget of Operation Censos Sénior 2020, released today by GNR. Braga has 1,543 and Viana do Castelo 1,043.
The Operation carried out in October with the aim of “identifying the elderly population, who live alone, isolated, or alone and isolated”, reported 42,439 elderly people alone or in a situation of vulnerability in the 18 districts of the country.
In the 2019 edition of the “Elderly censuses” operation, GNR reported 41,868 elderly people who live alone and / or isolated, or in situations of vulnerability, due to their physical, psychological or other conditions that can put their lives at risk safety.
The neighborhood of Vila Real tops the table, with 5,065 elderly people living alone or isolated, followed by Guarda (4,585), Viseu (3,402), Beja (3,403), Faro (3,313), Bragança (3,285) and Portalegre (3,104 ), today refers to GNR.
Lisbon, with 767 reports, and Porto, with 857, are the districts of the country where the military has registered the least vulnerable elderly.
In the remaining districts of Évora (2,654) and Santarém (2,035), more than two thousand situations were reported, followed by Castelo Branco (1,842), Setúbal (1,734), Braga (1,543), Aveiro (1,383), Coimbra (1,334), Viana do Castelo (1,043) and Leiria, with 1,090.
In a statement, GNR informs that, during the operation, 34 classroom actions and 3,652 door-to-door actions were carried out, for a total of 20,747 elderly people.
Together with the investigation of these situations, the operation served to alert the elderly “to the adoption of safety behaviors that reduce the risk of becoming victims of crime, or in situations of violence, fraud or theft”, as well as preventing risk behaviors and raise awareness on the adoption of preventive measures for the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic
The “Senior Citizens Census” Operation has been underway since 2011, with periodic updating of the geographical database and reporting of the GNR to the elderly accompanied by periodic visits to their homes, concludes the press release.
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