On the second day, right after breakfast, we went for a walk to the EU MOBILITY SVERIGE organization, which, as a project partner, organized activities for seniors during mobility in Sweden. Then we went to Seniorium, which is the Polish senior club. Seniors here had organized physical exercises to help maintain body balance.

In the afternoon, the entire group met with Mrs. Żaklina – a city official from the Health and Social Care department in Malmö, who presented the picture of senior life in Sweden. Project participants heard a lot of interesting information from her, including: that Swedes live very long – the average life expectancy is 81.34 years for men and 84.73 years for women. The retirement age is 65 for both sexes. The vast majority of people who reach retirement age immediately retire to enjoy their well-deserved free time. The maximum age up to which Swedes can work is 69. Once they reach this age, they are entitled to many benefits related to receiving state aid. One of them is “Housing” – adapting an apartment for an elderly person to facilitate their daily activities (e.g. installing bathroom handles for seniors). Another privilege that older people in Sweden can benefit from is the so-called handyman services. “Handman.” Employees employed in this role come when a senior calls and help in activities that could expose the elderly to some kind of injury (e.g. hanging curtains or changing a light bulb). These people are also called upon to provide individual assistance to seniors in the field of IT, through which they explain how to use a telephone or computer.

The summary of the meeting and the entire day was the final sentence of the presentation, which is the main life motto for many Swedish seniors.

Varje dag är viktigast – (ENG) Every day is the most important