How do older people over 60 live in Dresden? Scientists from the TU have dealt with this question together with the city in a new study.
Dresden – How do older people over 60 in Dresden? How are they doing and what problems are they struggling with? Scientists from the TU examined these questions together with the city in a joint study. The results were presented on Wednesday. And they present the town hall with a whole range of tasks.
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More than every fourth Dresdener is older than 60. © picture alliance / dpa
“With the first comprehensive study of this kind, we have taken an important step in the development of Dresden into an age-appropriate city,” says Social Mayor Kristin Kaufmann (45, Left).
This development is also necessary because more than one in four Dresdeners is now at least 60 years old. And of these, according to the study, 12 percent, i.e. about one in eight, are at risk of poverty.
Over 90 percent suffer from at least one chronic condition, such as high blood pressure, and nearly two-thirds are overweight. One in five is even obese.
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There is just as much to do here as in the care facilities. Although the inpatient homes in Dresden are almost fully utilized, only a small increase in capacity is planned for them, as for the outpatient homes, in the next three years due to a lack of staff.
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According to Kaufmann, the results are now being evaluated within the administration and measures are derived from them.
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