Social Security's average old-age pension, 691.31 euros in August, pays for about five and a half months a year in a double room at a private care home, a survey reported by Público finds. How non-profit homes set fees from income, and what to check before you sign.
Bedroom doors had no handles, medicines sat in food fridges and there was no nursing room, the PSP says. The case is with prosecutors, and the building was judged a high risk for residents.
The State's daily price falls short of the cost of care in all three kinds of continuing-care unit, and the gap is set to widen in 2026. Providers say a promised automatic price update never arrived.
How the accompanied adult (maior acompanhado) regime works: who can apply, the support a court can order, choosing the carer, reviews, and planning ahead.
Home help, day centres, care homes, and continuing care for older people in Portugal, the benefits that help pay, and the legal steps to plan early.
SNS data released 9 June puts more than 3,500 patients in Portuguese hospital beds despite clinical discharge — a 25% jump from APAH's 2,807 in March. The €350M cost is the visible price of an RNCCI bottleneck and an informal-care system funding 8,000 of 200,000 caregivers.
