Overgrown with weeds, hungry, robbed, surrounded by cockroaches. How centenarians are (not) cared for at home

Aina understood that her father would no longer receive help, and she had already tried to change the care when he was still alive, but the indifference, dismissiveness, indifference and unwillingness to admit of the officials confused and shocked the woman. There are many gaps in social care, which should be immediately filled with the most resilient leads. Aina also encourages others through her story not to remain silent, because it is likely that many others have had this experience. The Riga City Council admitted that there are problems with the recruitment of caregivers in social services throughout Latvia, but the number of complaints is not large, and in most cases the information mentioned in the complaints is not confirmed or partially confirmed, and the cases are corrected in a short time. Welfare Department Gan stressed: “The claim that home care is a national problem is unfounded.”

Below, we take a look at Aina’s story and the comments from Riga City Hall and the Ministry of Welfare. We contacted the companies mentioned in this article for comment, but did not return calls within two business days.