Rising costs make access to nursing homes more difficult (map)

Solidaris notes that more than 75% of Brussels retirees over 69 and around 50% of Walloons are no longer able to cover costs with their gross pension. “Women, whose pension is on average €405 lower than that of men, are particularly vulnerable.”

Socialist mutuality evokes three levers of action in the face of this observation.

It calls for action on the prices of rest homes, including the introduction of a maximum bill adapted to residents’ income.

She then underlines the need to act on retirees’ pensions with, among other things, a replacement rate of 75% of the average salary.

Finally, she wants to promote “aging policies that respect diversity” by calling, for example, for the creation of a one-stop shop for the elderly.