Strug­gling to make ends meet, many Georgian pen­sion­ers end up relying on donations from charities or support from relatives or kind neigh­bours. Places in care homes are few and far between and even the state-run Soviet-era insti­tu­tions are no longer taking in residents. The gov­ern­ment is set to introduce a new pension con­tri­bu­tion scheme but critics argue it doesn’t go far enough. [Read more…]