Being elderly and with mobility problems in Barcelona
my mother, from 94 yearsit lives alone in the Raval neighborhood of Barcelona. Four years ago he was certified 75% disability (now it would be much higher), granting the corresponding card with a positive mobility scale.
I, your only child I live, the periodic visit and the transfer to spend stays in my house, in the house of relatives and also during leisure time: museums, theater… Given its enormous difficulty to walk, before I parked the car at the door or the corner of her house and would pick her up with her bags. When he came back, he did the exact same thing.
For a few months, they have placed mobile pylons that prevent the access by car to the whole area. To pick up my mother, I have to park, hopefully, no less than 200 meters from your portal. You have no choice but to walk whatever the route is. For her, an ordeal of at least a quarter of an hour of strenuous hike.
He called more than 10 times to different levels and services of the City hallthat pass me from one to another, trying to get a access card. Since I am a resident in Castelldefelsnot in Barcelona, they have confirmed to me without alternatives that my mother you have no right to this card; This problem is not covered by the regulations. In short: the 94-year-old woman, who walks or stays at home.
They have even told me to call a cab to take her to where I’ve parked the car. Surreal.
I am sure that this attitude of the City Council violates all the personal rights that can be violated, especially the most needy: Raval, 94 years old, disabled and alone.
I think we have the right to demand a solution immediate (before natural laws solve the problem) or an official response that can be managed.