Starting this Sunday, GNR will conduct Operation Senior Citizens Census 2023, which aims to raise awareness among older adults about safe behavior and study the conditions in which this population lives.
Operation Senior Census 2023 is taking place across the country throughout October and aims to, through a “mix of patrols and awareness-raising activities among the senior population”, increase awareness of self-protection measures and enhance feelings of safety. security,” says the Republican National Guard.
The Corporation indicates that this set of actions is designed as part of the celebration of the International Day of Older Persons, which is observed this Sunday, and will mobilize about 400 soldiers from the crime prevention and community policing departments of the GNR, who will prioritize proximity. older and more vulnerable populations, and those living alone or isolated.
These security forces also stress that these patrols are aimed at “strengthening security measures that reduce the risk of older people becoming victims of crime, especially in situations of violence, fraud and theft.”
The GNR believes that “it remains important to warn older people about self-protection procedures in situations of violence, fraud, scams and domestic theft, as well as to prevent risky drinking behavior and combat social isolation, identify informal carers, and teaching adults how to use the Internet.”
In Operation Older People’s Census 2022, GNR identified 44,511 older people who live alone and are isolated or vulnerable due to a physical, mental or other condition that could compromise their safety.
The most vulnerable situations were reported by the GNR to the competent authorities, especially social support, to monitor them in the future.
Vila Real was the area where the highest number of older people were observed with 5,353 people, followed by Guarda with 5,243 people, Viseu with 3,586 people, Faro with 3,527 people, Bragança with 3,411 people and Beja with 3,346 people.
There were 1,134 older people identified in Lisbon and 875 in Porto, with the area having the lowest number of older people identified.