29, Agosto'08 .- The Mayor of Puerto Lumbreras, Pedro Antonio with several members of the government team has visited this morning the advanced works of Day Care Center of Puerto Lumbreras.
The first center of its kind in the town has a total area of 800 square meters and is located in a central location the village, opposite the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and surrounded by spacious green areas
The Center will provide family support, offering daytime care for basic personal needs, and socio-cultural treatment of older people affected by different degrees of dependence, promoting their independence and remain in their usual environment.
Some of the services will be offered breakfast, lunch and dinner, counseling, treatment, rehabilitation, medical care, assisted by a social worker, among others.
People who will benefit from these services will be the lumbrerenses most disadvantaged older people who have no treated or disabled.
In addition, the center will have facilities with separate equipment for lobbies and concierge areas, dining room, cafeteria, lounges, toilets, kitchen, terraces, physiotherapy room, priests, rest, baths geriatric, changing users, office with other multivalent direction, management, meeting room, changing rooms and storage.
The City Council and the Community of Irrigators "Caño and Raft" Puerto Lumbreras have been responsible for giving the site of nearly 1,000 square meters to build the senior center.
With this new infrastructure, the local government team solves the problem of the lack of all services from this center will be offered in the municipality.
The total budget for this center is more than EUR 1,120,000, in which funding has involved the Ministry of Social Policy in the Region of Murcia, mainly, the former Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the City lumbrerense.
The mayor explained that "the main objective of this center is to provide quality service and close to all lumbrerenses who require care and specialized care and specific-Sanchez went on to explain, the City Council is working to port Lumbreras has more and better services, paying special attention to the elderly and in need of special attention. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras