The UK retiree living it up in a Murcia nursing home
71-year-old David Cowling shows how it’s done at the Caser Residencial Santo Ángel retirement care home
What happens when pensioners who move out to Spain need extra nursing home care or elderly care? Is it possible to find services aimed at expats that offers retirement care in their language?This was the problem faced by David Cowling. David came to Balsicas, Murcia when he was 64, emigrating from his home in Cheshire.
Now aged 71, David came to live at the Caser Residencial Santo Ángel centre in Murcia capital city after his social worker at the Virgen de la Arrixaca Hospital contacted his children and told them about the centre’s specialist International Unit.
“She showed us photographs,” recalls David. “My children visited the Unit and loved it.”
So what is the experience of living in the bright and modern International Unit like?
“My experience is very positive in all aspects,” David says. “Every day we have breakfasts adapted to our tastes, needs and customs. We do daily activities but for me the most important one is physiotherapy, where I go every day.
“We also have television and international press.”
But when asked what they like most about the International Unit, the answers of residents were revealing as to what makes the place truly special.
“It’s the whole team at the centre, from the assistants to the technical team. The most important thing is that we can communicate with our friends as well as with the team and that my family has continuous contact with the staff of the Unit.”
David summed up his opinion of the International Unit at Murcia’s Caser Residencial Santo Ángel succinctly: “Of course I would recommend it to everyone I know because it is a very pleasant and friendly place!”
Address
Calle Madre Maria Seiquer, 48, 30151, Santo Angel (Murcia)Tel: +34 968 84 22 62
Santo Ángel residential care home provides assisted living, nursing and rehabilitative therapy for the elderly in Murcia in a comfortable and homely setting, so you and your loved ones can get the level of care you need and deserve.The six-storey Caser Residencial Santo Ángel retirement home is located in the desirable residential area of Santo Ángel just outside the city of Murcia city, 5.3 kilometres south of the centre. The location couldn’t be better, offering quick access to the city centre while being quiet and secluded enough to afford residents and visitors magnificent views of the natural surroundings of the mountains which dominate the skyline south of the regional capital.
The centre has room for 267 residents to live in a generously spacious area, and there is also a Day Centre with 25 places available, a special care unit for people with Alzheimer’s and a Psychogeriatric Unit to offer the best specialised care to residents with mental health problems. In additon. there are special units catering for those with behavioural disorders and people who have suffered stroke or brain damage.
Best of all, there’s a dedicated International Unit on site that caters for the needs of ex-pats and foreign residents, helping to meet their needs and provide them with the highest quality care in a safe and familiar environment.
For residents, there are both twin and single rooms available, and the option to stay indefinitely or temporarily for the purposes of recuperation, post-operative treatment or family rest.
Services for elderly care at Caser Residencial Santo Ángel
- Medical service
- International Unit
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Nursing
- Speech therapy
- Neuropsychology
- Rehabilitative physiotherapy
- Occupational therapy
- Sensory stimulation
- Therapeutic leisure
- Social work
- Sociocultural Animation
- Pharmacy
- Day centre
Opening/Contact Hours:
- 9am – 10pm
Contact Caser Residencial Santo Ángel today for more information on live-in care at a residential retirement home or to benefit from the Day Centre and rehabilitative services.
