The Cabildo of Lanzarote reported this Thursday morning that the works for the Residence and Day Care Center of Tahíche and the future Integral Care Center of Cáritas Diocesana, in the Altavista neighborhood, are advancing "according to the planned deadlines".
Both projects, with an investment of more than 26 million euros fully financed by the institution, are part of the model of “Lanzarote and La Graciosa, the Islands of Care”.
The works in Tahíche, in detail
The Residence for the Elderly and Day Care Center of Tahíche, whose works officially began in September 2025, has an investment of 16 million euros and an execution period of 24 months.
The infrastructure will incorporate 125 new socio-sanitary places —75 residential for high dependency and 50 for day care—, which will allow an increase of 25% in the current census and exceed one thousand socio-sanitary places offered by the island institution.
The center will be organized under the Person-Centered Care (PCC) model, with co-living units of a maximum of fifteen residents, 65% single rooms, and spaces designed to promote user autonomy and well-being, including landscaped courtyards, terraces, a therapeutic pool, and areas for physiotherapy, psychology, and social work.
This is what the Cáritas center will be like
For its part, the future Integral Care Center of Cáritas, whose works were officially activated in December 2025, has an investment of 10 million euros fully financed by the Cabildo of Lanzarote.
The complex, approximately 7,000 square meters, will recover a degraded and abandoned space since 2009 to seek to become "an island benchmark for integral care for people in situations of vulnerability". The project will bring together essential resources in one space, such as a residence for the elderly, a day center, emergency housing, a soup kitchen, a food bank, and vocational training, under an integral model of social care and support.
Political reactions
The president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Oswaldo Betancort, has positively assessed the progress of the works, which “represent the greatest investment effort in social infrastructure made by this Institution in decades and will mean a historic reinforcement of the island’s socio-sanitary, assistance, and social inclusion network”.
“Today Lanzarote moves forward with actions towards a real and tangible Island of Care. We are building infrastructures that dignify the care for the elderly, for those going through situations of vulnerability, and for those who need a close, modern, and humane social response,” Betancort highlighted.
The president recalled that both the Tahíche residence and the Cáritas Integral Center “are projects that had been paralyzed for too many years and that this Governing group has managed to unblock and launch with its own financing, planning, and political will.”
Likewise, the vice-president of the Cabildo, María Jesús Tovar, underlined that these actions “symbolize a determined commitment to social cohesion, equal opportunities, and the quality of life of the citizens.”
“These infrastructures, in addition to expanding Lanzarote's socio-health capacity, also generate employment, revitalize degraded spaces, and strengthen the Island's social care network. They are strategic projects that speak to the model of society we want to build,” Tovar stated.
For his part, the Minister of Social Welfare and Inclusion, Marci Acuña, explained that the current assessment of both works “is positive,” as “the execution is developing within the stipulated deadlines and no significant incidents have occurred beyond the usual ones in projects of this magnitude.”
“We are talking about two very complex and long-awaited works. The Cáritas Integral Center had been paralyzed for more than fifteen years and the Tahíche residence had a four-year delay before its start. Today, both infrastructures are progressing according to the planned schedule,” Acuña affirmed.
The minister also announced that the Cabildo is already working in parallel on the entire planning of equipment and furniture for both centers “to avoid any kind of administrative standstill when the works are completed.”
“The forecast is that both infrastructures will be fully operational in 2027. We want that, while the works are being executed, progress is also made in the awarding of furniture, equipment, and all the necessary resources so that the start-up is immediate,” he added.
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