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Renfe free passes on sale New nursing home reforms
THE more than 7,000 deaths registered in residential centres for the elderly in the Community of Madrid during the pandemic has led to reforms which were made public on Friday March 31, according to a news source.
In specific cases, problems with catering, with cleaning of the buildings or with attention to the inmates may have contributed to this situation.
The new regulation will affect both public management centres as well as private ones that arrange places with the regional Administration. All of them must follow the new guidelines based on reducing the number of elderly per centre, and seeking more rigorous and individualised care.
The three main reforms are that centres for the elderly that have more than 50 places, whether new or already in operation, must organise at least 33 per cent of the space in living units that do not exceed 25 guests. This allows more attention to be given to residents in more intimate and reduced spaces.
Also, the ratio of direct care workers will be 0.45, that is, 45 for every 100 older persons in those with more than 50 jobs. And, the residences that are built after 2024 may not have more than 150 beds and, at least, 50 per cent of the guests must have a single room.
RENFE users can now obtain the free travel cards for Cercanias, Rodalies, and Media Distancia. They will be available for travel between May 1 and August 31, 2023.
After the government approved the extension of the free travel passes during 2023 for recurrent passengers, Renfe is now offering users specific multijourney tickets valid for each fourmonth period of the year.
Season tickets can be purchased via the Renfe Cercanias app. In the case of Media
Distancia, season tickets are obtainable via www.renfe. com and the usual sales channels. For Avant rail services, the 50 per cent discount on season tickets is maintained.
The Cercanias app allows the purchase of Cercanias and Rodalies recurrent season tickets by generating a QR code that can be downloaded to a mobile phone and subse
