People who need support

76 years old, with arthritis, osteoporosis and heart disease; above all she values human attention and kind words.

She lives alone, her family is far away; despite chronic illnesses and her age, she remains a lively housewife.

After a heart attack she moves with difficulty, lives alone; she knits socks for soldiers of the Armed Forces.

After a limb amputation and because of diabetes she cannot meet her basic needs on her own.

87 years old, with progressive arthritis and heart disease, yet still active: exhibitions, parks, meeting people.

She cares for a daughter with a disability, and has heart problems and arthritis herself; the money goes mostly on medicine.

Her son is at the front; she has heart disease, loss of sight, hypertension and severe diabetes, and stays cheerful.

She lives with a daughter who has a disability; she herself has hypertension, heart disease and cancer.

She lives alone, is active at the University of the Third Age; she has hypertension and heart disease.

After a heart attack and a mini-stroke she has diabetes, and most of her pension goes on treatment.

She lives with a son who has a disability; she has diabetes and, after a heart attack, moves with difficulty.

She lost her son in the war in 2023; she has arthritis, diabetes, and poor eyesight and hearing.

Bedridden; she has heart disease, osteoporosis and spinal stenosis; two sons are at the front.

After a myocardial infarction she has heart disease and diabetes; she lives with her daughter, granddaughter and dogs.

A widow who buried her son this year; she is fighting cancer and heart failure.

She has cancer, arthritis, osteoporosis and diabetes; she lives alone, and her pension does not cover medicine.

Diabetes and cardiovascular diseases; her pension barely covers utilities.

She can hardly see and lives alone with a cat; her whole pension goes on medicine, and she lacks attention and company.

Over 30 years in the restaurant business; she has gout, heart problems and blood pressure problems.

She has had a heart attack and a stroke and has diabetes; her pension does not cover basic needs.

A former teacher, 36 years at a school; arthritis and hypertension, living alone on a meagre pension.

She has disability group 2, arthritis, osteoporosis and cataracts; she has had a heart attack and a stroke.

Heart problems and chronic lung diseases; her son is at the front, and she feels lonely.

She has survived thyroid cancer, has disability group 2 and has had hypertension since the age of 18.