After losing the house he has lived in for 70 years, Maricarmen faces the possibility of having to leave Madrid. Her cousin Vicente, who has arrived from Segovia to accompany her, has offered to take her in when she leaves the Gregorio Marañón Hospital. It is one of the options before this 87-year-old woman, evicted this Wednesday from her home in the Retiro district.
A residence in the Pacífico neighborhood has also been considered, although Maricarmen has expressed that she does not want to go there. His fate after discharge remains to be determined. The help of her cousin would allow her to be accompanied by a family member, but it would mean leaving behind the city and the environment where she has spent practically her entire life.
Where will Maricarmen go when she leaves the hospital?
Maricarmen was transferred to Gregorio Marañón after leaving her home on Alcalde Sainz de Baranda Street on a stretcher. It is being tested and could spend his first night after eviction in the hospitalalthough this nocturnal stay is not yet confirmed.
Vicente accompanies her during these hours and has opened the doors of his house in Segovia. It remains to be resolved whether she accepts that option and whether it would be a temporary stay or a permanent change of residence. This difference will also determine the procedures that will have to be organized to meet their needs.
Change communities and reorganize your health care
A permanent move to Segovia would take Maricarmen from Madrid to Castilla y León. To adapting to a different house would be added registry procedures and the organization of your health care. If the reception is temporary, the situation would be different and it would be necessary to plan how you will receive assistance during your stay.
After going to the hospital, the continuity of care will be one of the issues that she and those who accompany her must organize. It will be necessary to keep in mind the discharge instructions, the medication and the check-ups that may apply, as well as the necessary documentation so that the professionals who care for you know your situation.
It’s not just about finding a place to sleep. A stable transfer would require reorganizing where to go to the doctor and who can accompany her to appointments or help her with paperwork. All of this comes at a time when Maricarmen has just lost her home and is receiving hospital care.
Uprooting after 70 years in the same house
Maricarmen arrived at the apartment with her parents in 1956. There she took care of them and preserved her family memories. Outside those walls were also its neighbors, well-known businesses and the daily routes of a lifetime. Going to another city would mean moving away from that environment at 87 years old.
In recent months he had had to face successive eviction attempts. This Wednesday was the fourth. Neighbors and members of the Madrid Tenants Union spent the night in front of the building to support it, but the rally failed to prevent the launch.
Their lawyer, Beatriz Duro, explained that they tried to obtain a postponement to find an alternative and organize the departure. According to the lawyer, the property rejected the proposals, including the help of an anonymous donor who had offered to assume the difference between the rent that Maricarmen paid and the new rent requested.
A family contract that ended in court
The origin of the conflict is in the old rental contract that his father signed. After his death, the tenancy passed to his mother and, when she died in 2008, to Maricarmen. The property maintained that this second subrogation could not be maintained and that the contract had been extinguished.
The defense has insisted that Maricarmen never stopped paying the rent. After years of judicial proceedings, the eviction was carried out this Wednesday amid protests by those who had gathered to prevent it.
He Tenants Union He also directed his criticism at the Government. “We just want an 87-year-old woman who has been at home for 70 years not to be left on the street,” he published on X in a message addressed to Pedro Sánchez, along with images of the rally and the police device.
He Madrid City Councilfor its part, has defended that it has a care and housing resource available and that it had already offered accommodation alternatives. Now, with the possibility of staying with Vicente in Segovia on the table, Maricarmen must decide where to continue her life when she leaves the hospital.