He Council will rehabilitate the façade of the Nuestra Señora de La Luz geriatric residence. The action will be carried out next year with a subsidy of 200,000 euros provided by the Island Corporation and confirmed by the Minister of Social Action, Inclusion and Volunteering, Águeda Fumero. The mayor of Los Silos, Carmen Luz Baso, explained that it is rehabilitate the façade, repair and replace the carpentry “and thus improve the safety and health conditions” of the center for “our seniors.”
On a visit to the center, the counselor and mayor, accompanied by the Councilor for Social Welfare, Mari Ramos, addressed in detail the nursing home needs. “Among other issues, we assess the current situation of the services, we exchange information on formulas to attend to and improve the working conditions of the staff, since they are key to the quality of the service,” Baso defined. In addition, the equipment and improvement needs that this property requires were listed.
The island counselor responsible for the Institute of Social and Socio-Health Care (IASS) knew first-hand the social needs of Los Silos. A meeting that the councilor valued as “important for the involvement of the island entity in matters that require its participation in the municipality.”
A list of needs
Both parties agreed on the need to coordinate the work “to decisively confront the enhancement of all the services of the Insular Ring of Social Policies that are provided in the center of San Bernardo, located in Las Canteras,” highlighted the mayor. In addition, they addressed the situation of the services provided at the insular care center for women victims of gender violence.
Among the matters to be coordinated, Baso mentioned “the responses that our elders need in areas such as health, loneliness, dependency or leisure and active aging.” The councilor stressed that “we talked about the senior associations of our town and the need to listen to them and respond to their concerns. They are a pillar of the policy of adults.
In this framework, Águeda Fumero received from the mayor of Silense signs of her concern for “seeking a solution to the accessibility problem and the necessary rehabilitation of the Casa Verde, a center occupied by one of our senior associations, since it is a building of insular ownership that requires significant intervention as soon as possible.
The visit of the insular counselor of Social Action made possible the design ofe “a road map” for the work to be done to solve problems. The mayor valued “the willingness and spirit of the counselor and her team so that the commitments do not remain just that and become realities that improve the lives of our people,” concluded Carmen Luz Baso.
