The Social Protection of People Dependents in Portugal

Abstract

In Portugal the social protection of the elderly dependents is pure appearance or trompe l’oeil, either if you analyze the alleged reform of the matter foreseen by the Decree-Law n.º 265/99, or if it only has into account the Decree-Law n.º 101/2006. The Portuguese Government has recognized very recently the need of putting up to date the Portuguese Social Security legal order regarding the long-term care protection, by means of approving the Resolution of the Ministry Council n.º 63/2015. Until this does not come into light, the need of providing full social protection to elderly dependents will remain a problem with an urgent need of solution, given the ratio of the elderly people existing in Portugal nowadays.