The district of Pardo de Fuencarral-El has a new team, the Centro Mirasierra Major, which was inaugurated this morning by the Mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, accompanied by the delegate of works and teams, Paloma García Romero; Delegate of social policies, family and equality, José Fernández and the councilor of Fuencarral-El Pardo, José Antonio Martínez Páramo.
With the construction of this new center, the Municipal Council is seeking, as emphasized by the mayor, to «establish a double debt»: with the neighborhood of Mirasierra, which «this old or accumulated youth center», as described by Almeida, and with all the largest in the city, because «Madrid would not have understood without the work they have done for so many years; You are the best example and that is why we want to repay your effort.»
This team offers comprehensive care and acts «against unwanted loneliness» for people who, as emphasized by Martínez Páramo, «fought so that successive generations have a better world.»
The Mirasierra Senior Center is located on Peña Vieja street, at its confluence with Marbella, and in its construction, the works and equipment area has invested 6.5 million euros raised in the capital of the 2019-2027 equipment plan 21 ‘. A figure to which €360,000 is added for the Fuencarral-El Pardo Municipal Council for its team.
The facilities have a built area of 2,234 m2Spread over four floors, one of them under discharge. On the ground floor, the entrance hall accompanies the styling rooms, physiotherapy, podiatry, workshops, offices, cafeterias, and bathrooms. The first and second floors, designed to carry out socio-cultural, professional or training programs, home areas, multifunctional rooms, gymnasium, and terrace for outdoor activities. The center has areas for changing rooms and bathrooms for staff, cleaning rooms, and parking on the floor.
With this new center, Fuencarral-El Pardo already has eight teams for this age group: Senior Centers in Vaguada, Ginzo de Limia, Peñagrande, Vocal Justo Sierra, Jarvi and Alfoni XII and the area dedicated to the elderly of the municipal cultural space. the.
High demand
In this way, the council responds to the demand of the district’s population, as the new center has the acceptance. As Martínez Páramo explained, 917 members and 18 workshops have already been registered have all places filled. In total, there are almost 640 people who have registered for different activities as soon as they start their journey.
The new center responds to the municipal strategy to continue providing the city with an increasingly active generation, finding resources in these spaces to combat unwanted loneliness, to maintain independence and share experiences and knowledge. Madrid is the longest region in the European Union and has the highest life expectancy in Spain, with an average of 85.4 years. In the capital alone, there are currently around 700,000 great lives.
With the opening of the Centro Municipal Major Mirasierra, the Madrid Municipal Council reaches the figure of 92 resources of this type in the city. These are added to the 65 days of centers managed by the area of social policies, family, and equality, in which preventive care and rehabilitation of socio-sessions are provided for the elderly who have losses and/or deficits in their autonomy, from the point of view, from the point of view of vision, from the point of view, from the point of view, from the point of view, from a cognitive or physical point of view. The council also provides social care for the elderly in the three municipal residences, in two apartments, in respite and prevention programs and action before unwanted loneliness.
In addition, the Madrid Municipal Council is committed to the elderly being able to stay in their homes and surroundings for as long as possible. To do this, they offer services such as telecare (145,000 users) or home help (87,000 users), which ensure a professional companion that allows users to continue living in their homes with autonomy and security. /
