Clece receives the ‘Carers of the Year’ Award for its Home Assistance Service in Granada
- Granada Council awarded this prize on the 10th Anniversary of Clece providing this service
- 1,800 employees have assisted more than 10,000 people over these ten years
Granada May 2015. Clece has been awarded the “Carers of the Year" prize from the Granada Council, for its ten years providing the Home Assistance Service in the city, for which 1,800 attendants have worked assisting more than 10,000 people to date.
On 24 April, the Mayor of Granada, José Torres Hurtado, presented Clece with this prize under the framework of the celebration of the XIX Coming Together of Elders of Granada, which brought together around 2,000 older people of the city of the Alhambra to enjoy various liesure activities and entertainment.
The professionalism and affection with which the Clece professionals attended the older people, people with physical or psychiatric disabilities, minors and those at risk of social exclusion were clearly the main reasons for which the company received this award. Currently, the Home Assistance Service is present in 1,800 homes of the capital of Granada. The services provided by these professionals include personal hygiene and home maintenance, food preparation, assistance in acquiring skills, abilities and habits; accompanying them to the doctor.
For José Antonio Ruíz Martínez, manager of Clece in Granada, this prize means “recognition of the work of 1,800 attendants who, with a great deal of commitment, have cared for and attended more than 10,000 people over these ten years (…) Our attendants will continue to work hard every day to win the small daily gift of a smile and the words of those people who depend on us and who demonstrate their gratitude and affection”, he added.
Spainwide, Clece provides Home Assistance Services to near 70,000 people and attends more than 16,000 elderly people in retirement residences, day centres and through teleassistence services.