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The majority group in this service is for the elderly, with 88 percent of users

The Councillor for Social Rights, Conchita Ruiz, visited central kitchens Company New Mediterranean Cuisine.

The City of Murcia, through this company, the contract is established for the provision of meals on wheels service, dispensing a total of 318 people daily meals to elderly, disabled and / or dependent, with limited capacity personal autonomy and social fragility.

As in the home help service, the majority group is the elderly, accounting for 88.36 percent of the population served, followed by a ratio much lower for the group of people with disabilities, 10.06 percent and the 1.57% of families at social risk.

"The municipal commitment is the distribution of a daily home-cooked food, which coincides with lunch at the address user itself.

In addition, in the case of special schemes, are developed and offer diets tailored to different pathologies and needs of beneficiaries, "said Conchita Ruiz.

The food is made on a centralized kitchen, traditional production based on Murcia and distributed by an adapted transport in perfect conditions of hygiene and safety.

Based on the agreement between the city of Murcia and the University of Murcia, which aims to set quality requirements it is carried out and implemented a protocol for sensory and nutritional assessment for monitoring and optimal control of the service, including home visits to beneficiaries / as who have been elected / as randomly.

They can be beneficiaries / os this service, those over 65 who live alone or live with a dependent person, and those with a disability that significantly affects their personal autonomy and have little family support, as well as difficulties in developing meals.

In 2015 the average monthly users / as has been 284 people have served a total of 81,464 meals, 3,680 more than in 2014. The price of each menu is served 5.59 € of which user / a adds 2 euros and the rest is provided by the City of Murcia.

This service is provided without interruption since 2006 and for 2016 will be invested in the same over 330,000 euros, which will increase by 10,000 more menus, served today.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia