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Portuguese reporting indicates a sharp rise in monthly fees at some care homes — increases of roughly €500 — driven largely by a persistent labour shortage and higher operating costs. The hikes are prompting families to withdraw elderly relatives, intensifying pressure on informal care networks and raising equity and access concerns for vulnerable patients. Economically, the trend highlights how rising labour costs and constrained staffing can be passed directly to users in minimally regulated markets, with implications for social policy, funding models and workforce recruitment/retention. Separately, French coverage notes a demobilisation of farmers’ protests in Paris, underscoring a wider context of labour and sectoral tensions across services and primary production.

A care home in Santo Tirso, in the Porto district, is being evacuated after a fire affected the laundry, sources from the fire brigade and Civil Protection told Lusa.

Luís Marques Mendes visited the Padre Tobias Foundation, the second social institution with a residential care home for the elderly on his agenda for this Thursday.

In the ageing village of Edral, the nearest cashpoint is 20 kilometres away. It is the parish council president who withdraws pension payments, files income tax returns and buys medication for local residents. In this village, no one is elected on the basis of political party.