Wojciech Konieczny: The previous team's idea of senior care is unworkable

The senior care law prepared by the previous ruling team is going for amendments. What makes it unacceptable and how does the new government see it shaping up?

This is a very broad topic. A number of anomalies are already at the root of it, including the fact that there are constitutional doubts, for example, about the age limit. Life expectancy for men averages less than 75 years, and we are therefore depriving the majority of the male population of access to these benefits. Implementing all of these changes that the original law provides for would result in shunning the existing geriatric system. I don't want to criticize this solution anymore, because it has been criticized many times. There are things there that need to be thought about, and that is, for example, the geriatric assessment, which should be popularized and which should further result in actions towards the patient, which should be carried out in PCP offices. Seeing the number of geriatricians and centers that are interested in providing such services, we realize that this burden needs to be shifted elsewhere. Of course, geriatrics needs to be developed, but we need to make sure that POZ patients have access to specialized services.

The law proposed by the previous team is, in our opinion, unworkable for a great many reasons, and that is why an amendment is being worked on. It is necessary to take out what is beneficial to patients, and not start processes that will only take up our time and not lead to results.