What is day-to-day life like for older people living in Bolivia?
A high proportion of older people in Bolivia will have built their own homes – small, mud brick houses – from mud bricks that have been dried in the sun. Many rural homes comprise of one or two rooms and have no electricity, no bathroom or access to a safe drinking water supply. Bolivians tend to eat one or two meals a day. The first, eaten in the morning, usually consists of soup and the second, eaten at lunchtime, consists of potatoes, rice or noodles, sometimes vegetables and occasionally meat. There is little or no economic security for older people in Bolivia, so they need to continue to work in order to support themselves and their families. Many continue to work in small-scale farming activities or in the informal market sector, selling vegetables for example. Furthermore, older people have poor coverage of the health insurance scheme that exists in Bolivia – a scheme that provides free medical attention and medicines. A high proportion of older people also take care of their gr
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