Lamezia Terme – “Since the end of April the municipal retirement home “Bosco S. Antonio”, after representing for decades a symbol and a point of reference for the reception of many elderly people in the city and the area, has interrupted its service. An epilogue that is certainly not unexpected, with respect to which the Mascaro administration has essentially remained firm, limiting itself in recent months to two union ordinances which have only made it possible to stem the problem without however intervening in a structural manner in recent years and without outlining a perspective on the topic of welcoming the lonely elderly people of our city” is what they say in a note Lidia Vescio (Democratic Party) and Rosario Piccioni, municipal councilor of “Lamezia Bene Comune”.
“The municipal administration – they add – should have intervened in time to adapt the structure to the new regional legislation on social-welfare structures for accreditation, but nothing has moved. Not to mention the fact that since Mascaro has been in office, for 9 years nothing was done to avoid the sad epilogue of the last few days. Today, those who pay the consequences of the inaction of the Mascaro administration are the few remaining elderly people and their families, the operators of the home who worked in them. with love and dedication despite many difficulties, our entire territory which loses an important safeguard for what is the most vulnerable and precious part of our society”.
“And, precisely because of the inertia of the Mascaro administration, even if it is possible to adapt the structure to the new regional legislation, a new tender will have to be published – they specify – to identify the new managing entity and it will not be possible to provide for the social clause to safeguard the operators who served until a few days ago. And it has nothing to do with the fact that they are employees or collaborators of a company: when so many jobs are lost in our area it is a defeat for everyone!!! clearly – underline Vescio and Piccioni – the damage that the lack of a councillor, given Mascaro’s precise choice not to appoint anyone after the resignation of Teresa Bambara so as not to explode the contradictions of a shattered majority, is causing on the front of social policies and for the whole city. Practices like this should be followed by an institutional figure who can deal with them 24 hours a day, not left at the mercy of events or with stopgap solutions that solve nothing.”
“To date – we read again in the note – the objective fact is that the city has lost a safeguard of social policies for the elderly and the administration has no vision of the present and the future. Work is planned to adapt the retirement home Are new services planned to meet a constantly increasing elderly population, aggravated by a social context that causes many situations of loneliness and fragility? These are the answers that the Mascaro administration should give to make it clear what he intends to do for the “Bosco S. Antonio” retirement home, for the guests, for the many who have applied to be welcomed, for the operators who have lost their jobs. And we ask the administration Mascaro a constant commitment and a far-sighted vision to ensure that the elderly enjoy the dignity and respect they deserve, thus contributing to building a more just and inclusive society for all”.
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