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Tinka Kurti case, nursing home or...?

2025-04-11 20:11:31Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA ÇAPAJEV GJOKUTAJ
Tinka Kurti

Tinka Kurti ends up in a nursing home. This news, published 4-5 days ago, became a cause for discussion on the internet and in several televisions and newspapers.

Shame on the state that let the great actress end up in an asylum, said one side. Going to a comfortable nursing home, when you are old and left alone, is a better solution than suffering loneliness within the four walls of your own home, said the other side.

The prominent actress herself said that she went to the nursing home as a result of the tragic loss of her son 8 years ago and added that at first she wanted to leave as soon as possible, but now she is liking it because in her new residence "there are wonderful people and a very beautiful environment."

Of course, we can discuss what is better for the elderly: family or specialized institutions, but it is hardly useful to absolutize only one and deny the other. Circumstances make it better for some people to live in the family, while others do better in a care institution.

Instead of narrowing the choice to just one alternative and nothing else, we can discuss and demand that there be more than two alternatives, i.e. in addition to staying with family or in a nursing home, there should be, for example, more day care centers for the elderly, more public spaces and activities for their socialization, for the provision of healthcare, etc.

And above all, in such cases it would be more useful if there were a concrete discussion about the standards of the few nursing homes we have. What is the service like, how well do they meet modern standards, what needs to be done to make the prices of living in such homes affordable for most seniors, etc. Last month, when an old man killed his roommate in a nursing home in Tirana, discussions revealed that some of the seniors were kept tied up and only released when relatives came to visit.

At a time when there are institutions of this inhumane level in the middle of Tirana, philosophies are useless. With the money collected from our taxes, all kinds of inspectorates are paid that should guarantee modern standards of services and prevent the elderly from dying on their own.

This guarantee is not charity but debt, it is not simply a moral obligation but a debt in the literal sense of the word. To be convinced of this, it is enough to remember what today's society has benefited and continues to benefit from the hydroelectric power plants built by this generation.


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