The applications are for dental prostheses or implants, glasses or stairlifts, among others.

The Department of Social Welfare has awarded 307 grants for people over 65 years of age or with disabilities. The applications are for dental prostheses or implants, the purchase of glasses, or stairlifts, among others.

A total of 395 applications have been submitted, of which 307 have been granted, 77.72%. Specifically, 217,185 euros in aid has been granted for people over 65 years of age, distributed in 261 applications, as well as 32,814.46 euros for people with disabilities, distributed in 46 applications.

Most of the rejected grants are because the family unit exceeds the annual income limit. In 2024, 111 more applications were submitted, and 82 more applications were granted than in 2023. In addition, the amount of the 2024 call for applications has been increased by 50,000 euros for a total of 250,000 euros.

TDB keeps you informed. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

Social Welfare awards 307 grants for people over 65 or with disabilities

‘We believe that this increase in applications has been due to the good functioning of the service point that we set up a few months ago in the Department of Social Welfare, since users have personalised attention to consult the available benefits and process them, as well as thanks to the direct contact of coordination and attention with the town councils that have requested it and, of course, it has been very important the collaboration of the pensioners‘ clubs that have transmitted the information of this call among their members and acquaintances’ explains the councillor of Social Welfare, Carmen Reynés. ‘In the 2025 budget we have planned to increase this item with a total of 300,000 euros,’ adds Reynés.