Pego raises concerns about CEAM and care home with regional government

The mayor of Pego, Enrique Moll, accompanied by the councillor for Social Services, Merxe Bolta, held a meeting in Valencia with the regional secretary for Social Services, Rosa Ferrando, to address the situation of two municipal facilities: the CEAM and the care home for the elderly, according to Pego Town Council.

The council requested from the regional government a refurbishment of the CEAM installations, where deficiencies have been detected in certain classrooms and spaces, as well as an expansion of the services it provides. It also demanded that the regional government cover the cost of activities currently carried out outside the centre itself, according to Pego Town Council.

Regarding the care home for the elderly, the Town Council asked the regional government, as the competent administration in this matter, to improve funding to address the demands raised by workers and their union representatives. The possibility of refurbishing the current building or constructing a new one, adapted to current regulations, which would increase the number of places and incorporate a day centre, was also raised.

According to the mayor, the meeting discussed "the deficiencies in classrooms and spaces at the CEAM, as well as the need to improve and expand the care home for the elderly to be able to have, among other things, more places".

Moll described the meeting as a first step between both administrations and stated: "at first we have reached a principle of understanding. We have secured a commitment that they will come to Pego to see first-hand the problems in both facilities, work together and seek solutions". According to Pego Town Council, the regional government will attend that future visit accompanied by the two directors general involved.

The mayor concluded by affirming that this meeting "reaffirms the commitment to continue working to improve conditions at the care home, strengthen social services and guarantee adequate care for the elderly people of the town".