72. Deplores the fact that the fundamental rights of older women are too often violated, including a high number of cases of violence, physical abuse, emotional abuse and financial abuse in several Member States; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take further action to protect elderly women from all forms of abuse, including ill-treatment in care homes for the elderly;

15. Deplores the fact that the fundamental rights of older women are too often violated, including a high number of cases of violence, physical abuse, emotional abuse and financial abuse in several Member States; calls on the Commission and Member States to take further actions in order to protect elderly women from all forms of abuse, including ill treatment in care homes for the elderly;

whereas the crisis has reduced public investment in the care sector, which has forced many people, mainly women, to cut their working hours or return to the home to take care of dependants, elderly people, ill people or children.

Stresses the importance of promoting the professional recognition of the skills and qualifications of domestic workers and carers in this sector in order to provide them with more prospects for professional development, as well as specific training for individuals working with elderly people and children, with a view to fostering the creation of quality jobs leading to quality employment and better working conditions, including the provision of formal contracts, access to training and better social recognition; recognises the importance of ensuring the validation and certification of acquired skills, qualifications and experience and pr ...[+++]omoting career development; considers the establishment of training and retraining courses to be of fundamental importance in order to achieve this.

30. Considers that demographic change will require new and enhanced educational and social infrastructure for young and elderly people alike, including increased facilities for life-long learning, childcare, nursing care and care for the elderly; points out the need for enhanced social infrastructures designed to promote old people's vitality and reintegrate them more actively into societal life;

33. Calls on the Member States to adopt measures aimed at setting up high-quality, affordable childcare facilities and facilities for care of other dependent persons in accordance with the objectives set by the 2002 Barcelona European Council, in which it was stated that, by 2010, Member States should provide childcare for at least 90% of children between the age of 3 and mandatory school age, and at least 33% of children under 3 years of age; emphasises that these measures should enable women to adjust their participation in the job market to their rhythm of life; ; and furthermore, calls on the Member States to put forward similar ta ...[+++]rgets for facilities for care for the elderly and people with disabilities; and furthermore, calls on the Member States to put forward similar targets for facilities for care for the elderly and people with disabilities;