«Terrible» is just a mild word to describe this person's situation: User

This is the kind of old age that we envision for our pensioners? The topic became relevant when Facebook user Anahit Naghdyalyan wrote on her page:

“Dear people, we need to make maximum noise. This person asked me for directions 2 days ago, and it turned out that he is blind, a first-degree disabled individual, and by profession, he is an agronomist.

People just walk by and do not react. He shouts for hours asking where to go and how to get there; he left the house at 08:30, and I met him at 18:00. He couldn’t find the store and his home for that long; he has no cane. It took me 2 hours to take him to the store and home. 'Terrible' is simply too mild a word to describe this man's condition: hungry, sleepless, drenched from the rain. He has been blind for 2 years; he was beaten on the street, and his money was taken from him, after which he lost his sight. Some people tried to 'help' by doing shopping for him but cheated him out of the money, giving him less. That’s why he does everything alone. The next day I went to the blind people's association; they had no space, so I bought food and took it to his house, but there was no one to open the door. I learned from the neighbors that he had fallen in front of the building the previous day and that they had called an ambulance; I went to see him again in the evening, but again there was no one to open the door.

On the day I found him, I approached the community organization, and there was no news. They told me that there is no space in nursing homes. Is there really not a single institution that can take care of such a person and provide him with a place? I called paid nursing homes; they have no space. I also reached out to charitable organizations, but they said they do not deal with such issues. I want this issue to be resolved as quickly as possible because time is passing, and the state organization sent a caretaker who refused to help because there is no water, and his house is a landfill. How long is this going to continue?” wrote the Facebook user.

Auroranews contacted Zara Manucharyan, spokesperson for the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, to find out the current status of the citizen and whether they managed to assist him in any way. In an interview with us, Manucharyan stated: “We have identified the citizen, and a needs assessment is currently being conducted to determine which state institution will provide assistance. We are currently in the document collection phase.” When asked what assistance the state would provide, she mentioned that there are several services designed to assist individuals in such a situation at this age: “There is a home care service, meaning that someone will visit him and provide daily living assistance, medical services, cleaning the house, and other household issues, which is implemented with state support. There is also another option: relocating the citizen to a nursing home. Now, once all the documents are collected and the needs are fully assessed, we will understand which option is better for him,” Manucharyan concluded.