YEREVAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. At the May 31 sitting, the Armenian government approved the minimum standards of care and social services for foster children of orphanages, elderly people living in boarding homes and disabled persons. Jemma Baghdasarian, Head of the Department on Issues of Elderly and Disabled Persons of the RA Ministry of Labor and Social Issues, told reporters that these standards have been set for all types of organizations, including for orphanges and boarding homes. According to her, there are 4 state boarding homes and 2 private ones in Armenia: 1,000 and 90 erderly people respectively live in them. There are also 8 state and 6 non-state orphanages. J. Baghdasarian said that food norms have been developed along with the respective inspection of the RA Ministry of Health, with peculiarities of each age group being taken into account. Particularly, elderly persons must daily receive food containing 2,100 kilocalories, one doctor must service 50 elderly persons, etc. Besides, norms of clothing and linen have been established.

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