Elderly people of Tzoumerka range

Elderly people of Tzoumerka range

Elderly people, especially in the mountainous areas of Tzoumerka, face many difficulties in their everyday life. These mainly concern their contact with public services, their medical care, their feelings of solidarity and marginalization, as well as the lack of their participation in public issues. This study aims at recording and further analyzing the main social and every day problems of the aged people, in Tzoumerka, as well as the reasons that kept these people to their villages and prevented them from migration. The results were based on interviews with open – type questionnaires of several aged people of the region.