Retirement in Mallorca: Lots of problems instead of relaxation for pensioners. The Herztat Foundation, based in the rectory of the German-speaking Protestant community on Playa de Palma, offers support for older people in need.
Foreign real estate companies have been purchasing houses on a massive scale to create more space for vacation rentals, much to the chagrin of residents. The search for an apartment is often complicated by pets and age-related restrictions. At the beginning of the year, Mallorcan enforced stricter pandemic rules again to contain the strong wave of respiratory diseases.