Home for 50 Elderly People in Argentina

The past couple of months at San José Home were definitely special. Due to the pandemic, many activities had to be canceled for over two years, and the new life in quarantine was not the same. During 2022, slowly but surely, we started to get a few of the old habits and activities back, still following protocols and keeping the residents safe. 

This year has certainly been a new start for San José Home. Nonetheless, we are still fighting the effects of the pandemic. The structure of the Home has endured decades of life and is unfortunately not at its best. We are facing urgent repairs and remodeling to ensure life at San José is safe and sound for every resident. In the middle of this emergency, however, we never stopped catering to our adults. In fact, our team is stronger than ever and filled with hope. 

One of the tasks we had been wishing to be able to accomplish was recovering the garden at San José. Having a self-sustaining source of healthy and good quality food is essential for us and especially for the residents at the Home. This unique and historical long-stay residence, established in 1935, has definitely seen some rough days, but the will from all the workers to bring it back to life has been the source of its rebirth. Corporate partners like DHL, helped us guarantee a healthy place for our seniors. This garden had stopped being cared for since 2021, as the effects of the pandemic hit especially hard at San José Home. Today, a small but important piece of the residence is back. 

We also celebrated Spring Day Festival at San José Home. Together with our volunteers, we welcomed the spring season with a beautiful evening. Our residents had the opportunity to dance, laugh, and have a great time. The first day of spring is a wonderful and special day in Argentina, where family and friends get together and make plans outdoors. At San José, we always try to give our residents, who are all over 60 years old, this sort of new opportunities to enlighten their days and bring them joy. Having celebrations like this one was also a privilege we couldn´t afford for the past two years, due to the dangers of Covid-19.  

With the emergency San José Home is unfortunately facing, we are truly in need of your collaboration. This place is a Home for dozens of people, and we know we can save it, but we can only do it together. Help us save San José Home and keep bringing light into these people´s lives.  

Sincerely,

The Mensajeros Family.

San José has been the Home of dozens of people since 1935. It has played a very important role in protecting the rights of elderly people with fewer economic resources who are victims of abandonment, loneliness, and many other circumstances strictly related to social vulnerability.

Our seniors are a fundamental part of our community: they are leaders, caregivers, and guides. They carry our history and tradition and represent our most rooted values. But in reality, they need us as much as we do.

Today, San José Home keeps serving these people thanks to the work of a professional team made up of psychogerontologists, doctors, psychologists, social workers, and nutritionists, as well as nurses, cooks, volunteers, and many others.

We keep working towards giving people the possibility of a better quality of life at a stage where they are sometimes unable to provide for themselves. At this point in someone´s life, keeping oneself active and energetic can be challenging, especially if the necessary resources are not easily available. For the elderly, getting involved in diverse activities, surrounded by others, has proved to be the key to positive aging.

We try our best to offer residents a wide range of innovative activities and opportunities. On July 11^th, Fundación Mapfre, together with 6 volunteers, visited San José Home, to carry out a spa-day for the residents, who were excited to get manicures and try out different hairstyles. Following sanitary protocols, everyone got to share a snack to finish off the evening. It was overall a fun and engaging experience.

On the same note, on May 5^th, Fundación Mapfre, together with 8 volunteers, also visited the Home, this time with the aim of fixing and improving the central garden, carrying out cleaning, pruning, and weeding tasks. This type of projects is what keeps San José in optimal conditions and the residents happy.

We wish to keep making San José an ideal and very special Home. Unfortunately, like everything in life, it comes with its own set of challenges.

During the pandemic, our main focus was to isolate the Home to protect the residents and their health from Covid-19. Thanks to those efforts, we have been able to get through 2020 and 2021 with great pride. Now that the virus alert has become more muted, we have been able to shift our focus and undertake other responsibilities. Major repairs and remodeling are to be carried out as soon as possible, which is why we need you more than ever to face this urgent situation.

We hope we can keep counting on you to make sure this Home, our Home, can flourish and bring on happiness and joy. 

The Mensajeros Family.