Elderly Homes As Catalunya Suspends Social Service Payments

BARCELONA, SPAIN - AUGUST 02: Social worker Nuria Casulleres shows a portrait of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales to an elderly woman during a memory activity at the Cuidem La Memoria elderly home, which specializes in Alzheimer patients on August 2, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Nuria Casulleres, whose only daughter lives at home while attending University, is accustomed to 900 euros monthly for income. With The Catalan Government government cutbacks she is now only receiving 800 euro with rent taking 650 of that income. The Government currently cannot pay the July allocations to old age homes and others social services as a result of liquidity issues. According to reports, Spain's most indebted region, Catalonia, is not be able to pay 400 millions euros in grants. Approximately one hundred thousand social workers will see their salary cut by 40% to 50% while relatives of elderly home residents have had to help pay the salaries and expenses. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)