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A new investment of 660,000 euros can provide this extra attention in the next two years

Continue to offer the best service over the objective of the government team.

One of the most common services, especially among the older population of the municipality is the home help, through which it serves about 1,800 people, and of these, a total of 245 receive food at home.

To this end, the Governing Board awarded the meals on wheels service for the elderly, which invest more than 660,000 euros until 2012.

Families using home help provision has been enhanced in recent years thanks to developments implemented since the council of Social Welfare and the development of a quality service.

Thus, since 2006, the council has launched two new services that complement the help desk and consist of the distribution of food delivery and assistance during the weekends.

One of the improvements made by the City is the food at home: from April 2006 a group of 120 users - and are now 245 - get food at home as a complementary service.

The greatest feature a microwave at home for heating food, and must pay the sum of two euros for each lunch provided.

The food will arrive in time from 9.30 to 14.30, with notice of the approximate time of arrival of their food to each household.

The dealer is responsible to teach the person to whom lasa preparing meals and also reviews the refrigerator and remove expired food.

Home help is available Monday to Friday up to two hours each day, depending on family need.

More than 200 assistants work to provide this service is that a professional is moved to the family home to care for the elderly or dependent, to help in their personal hygiene, home cleaning, medication administration prescribed by the physician and administration meals, among others.

People wishing to apply for home help provided by the Social Welfare Department should call 968.357007, from 9 to 12 hours to make an appointment at the community center nearest your home.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia