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The City of Las Torres de Cotillas been activated, as every year around this time, his "Plan of prevention against high temperatures," in order to minimize or avoid adverse effects of heat on the health of older people in the municipality .
This plan starts from the municipal "Telecare", which manages the company "Televida", serving a total of 126 elderly or disabled in the town Torrena.
"Our goal is to educate seniors and the general public about the importance of prevention in health is key to the quality of life of people, especially our seniors," said the councilor Torrena Social Policy, Fina Almela, which specifies that "these recommendations are provided from the Call Center and delivered leaflets to all users visited by service professionals."
In addition, they are informed in advance of the expected temperature and is identified in the database of the users more vulnerable.
"In the Towers of Cotillas 51 people using telecare, 40% of the total, would be within this population group most vulnerable to extreme temperatures," says Almela.
Interventions
The work of this plan are divided into several actions.
First apply a protocol for detection of symptoms and first aid, then installing a safety device in the homes of vulnerable road users; narrow traces to service users through phone calls and personal visits, take care that users most vulnerable people have contact with key, mainly those found in medium and high risk, and narrows the information and coordination with Social Services professionals.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas
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