The elderly and single people are brought home food and medicine, a pension, and also help in solving household issues.

According to the Department of Social Protection of Population of KHOA, today in the Kharkiv region live 52068 people who need assistance, of which 27 348 people are over 80 years old.

“In the region there are 56 territorial centers of social services. They work constantly, and not just during quarantine. They have all the information about older people and people with disabilities living in their service area.. Assistance to these people is provided constantly and during quarantine, including. In the whole region, 2,200 social workers are involved in this work, ”said department director Yuri Shparaga.

The social services of the region also control the situation in orphanages of a family type and regional centers for the social and psychological rehabilitation of children..

In 8 rehabilitation centers, all conditions have been created for observance of anti-epidemic measures: disinfection of premises is carried out, exclusively remote contact of children with adoption candidates and other people is provided, daily health checks of children and staff are carried out.

“With regard to DDST and foster families - the district child services are constantly in touch with them.

We had preventive discussions with them, daily we collect information about the health status of family members. In the event that someone becomes ill in the family, we will immediately respond and arrange for the temporary residence of healthy children in rehabilitation centers or foster care. But so far no problematic issues have arisen, ”said Olga Shevchenko, head of the regional service for children’s affairs.

Currently, 110 DDST and 272 foster families have been created in the region.