The ‘San José’ Assisted Social Residence, dependent on the Provincial Council of Toledo and located in the Castilian-La Mancha capitalwill have a Palliative Care Unit in the first quarter of 2025, for which the institution will invest 300,000 euros.
The president of the Toledo Provincial Council, Concepción Cedillo, and the second vice president of Social Welfare, Family and Youth in the Toledo Provincial Council, Daniel Arias, presented the project this Tuesday at a press conference, in which they detailed that The tender has already been carried out and the work will now be awarded, which will have a maximum period of five months.
Cedillo has highlighted that the Provincial Council feels “satisfied” with this initiative, which consists of the partial renovation of units 2 and 3 of pavilion 2 of the residence to adapt it to a palliative care hospitalization unit integrated into the socio-health center. the first in Castilla-La Mancha in a center of this type.
Advance in the “humanization” of healthcare
It is a project, he emphasized, that is born from “sensitivity” and the need to advance in the humanization of healthcare, the comprehensive approach to patients and the care of the sick at all stages, also at the end of their lives; through the application of the best health protocols and with people and their families as references, to improve their quality of life and well-being.
Likewise, has detailed that the unit will have 14 individual rooms, with independent assisted bathroom and bed for a companion, with the aim of offering comfort and respect for the privacy of the patient and their family, combined all of this with the most qualified professional care.
Specifically, the unit will occupy a total area of 900 square meters, of which 150 will be common areas for patients and families and 750 will be adapted and accessible gardens.
Arias added that it is “a project of people thinking about how to improve the lives of other people” and stressed that it was born from the need for this type of units and the result of conversations and knowledge shared with the Castilla-La Health Service. Spot (Sescam).
16 people will form the UCI multidisciplinary team
The provincial vice president has emphasized the human resources that the unit will have, with a multidisciplinary team of 16 people made up of doctors, nurses, psychologists, social workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nursing assistants, an administrative support team and cleaning staff.
As for the infrastructure, in addition to the 14 rooms, he has said that there will be a living room for family members, offices for consultations and team meetings, a warehouse for material and specific medication, adequate call and monitoring systems and an area of interior gardens and exteriors, as well as it will have its own access from the street.
