BARCELONA, SPAIN - AUGUST 02: Social worker Virginia Sanchez helps elderly people during a memory activity at the Cuidem La Memoria elderly home , which specializes in Alzheimer patients on August 2, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Virginia Sanchez is accustomed to 900 euros a month for income. With The Catalan Government government cutbacks she is now only receiving 800 euro. The Government currently cannot pay the July allocations to old age homes ...
more BARCELONA, SPAIN - AUGUST 02: Social worker Virginia Sanchez helps elderly people during a memory activity at the Cuidem La Memoria elderly home , which specializes in Alzheimer patients on August 2, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Virginia Sanchez is accustomed to 900 euros a month for income. With The Catalan Government government cutbacks she is now only receiving 800 euro. 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)
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