108 centenarians over 100 live in Dagestan

In Dagestan today live 108 people who are 100 or more years old, said the Republican branch of the Social Fund.

Among them are 92 women and 16 men. The oldest is Selmi Magamedayeva from Makhachkala, on July 1, she turned 116 years old.

On the eve of the International Day of Older Persons, the Fund spoke about support measures. Special attention is paid to pensioners over 80 years old: for them, the fixed payment to the old-age insurance pension has been doubled. Since January, more than 60 thousand Dagestanis who have reached this age or have a disability group I, began to receive an increased allowance for care.

Additional material support is provided for veterans of the Great Patriotic War, their widows and former prisoners of concentration camps. They are also provided with a set of social services.