Navan's Day Care Centre for the Elderly to reopen at Walterstown

Navan's Day Care Centre for the Elderly is expected to reopen at Walterstown GAA Centre in the next few weeks.

The HSE has finalised a deal for the use of the facility.
The centre, which had been operating from a premises at the Loreto Convent, closed with just four days notice in July.

Approval has been given by the HSE Capital Steering Committee for the use of the centre. A Licence Agreement is now being prepared and some remedial works will need to be carried out at Walterstown.
According to a spokesperson for the HSE, when the remedial works are complete, all service users will be contacted to advise on the arrangements to recommence the day service.
Up to 120 elderly people who used the centre were left with no alternative facility when the centre at the Loreto closed in July..
It provided a social outlet as well as health checks, hot meals and advocacy services.
The Mayor of Navan, Cllr Tommy Reilly said he was delighted with the news. “We have worked tirelessly over the past few months to secure a premises,” he said. 

He said he had received a letter on Monday from a lady representing the users of the facility who were very distressed at the loss of the facility.