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This Project is supported by the Grow Civic Programme financed by the European Union. In the northern part of the island, there are no “legal regulations” that regulate elderly care homes. Hence, the standards that elderly care homes should have, are not legally set. It is not clear which institution is responsible for the approval and inspection of these homes. Within the scope of this project, the Association of Elderly Rights and Mental Health has examined the current status of all existing elderly care homes and Barış Psychiatric Hospital. In this context, the Association of Elderly Rights and Mental Health conducted investigations on the issues such as the physical infrastructure of the elderly care homes and the number of personnel including doctors and nurses, and the problems of this sector are mentioned in the “Fact-Finding Report”. The project is currently pioneering the preparation and implementation of the law regulating elderly care homes. It also organizes various activities to raise awareness in the field of mental health and to destroy the existing stigma against mental patients.

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This project was supported by the Grow Civic Program funded by the European Union. Although the elderly population in Northern Cyprus has increased rapidly in the last two decades, there has been no improvement in elderly care services. The number of elderly people cared for in 7 nursing homes, two in the public sector and 5 in the private sector, varies between 175-200. This number is not enough for the people of Northern Cyprus, whose population is around 30,000, over 65. The Elderly Rights and Mental Health Association has surveyed to reveal the preferences of families living in Northern Cyprus regarding elderly care and the problems they experience while having their elderly people cared for in the current system.