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Facilities for the elderly. Day centres. By ownership. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Social services for the elderly. Day centres. Centres and places. By ownership. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Centres Places
Public initiative Social initiative Business initiative Total Public initiative Social initiative Business initiative Total
2010 184 130 482 796 4,336 2,864 8,132 15,332
2009 182 122 466 770 4,260 2,614 7,680 14,554
2008 176 119 451 746 4,063 2,424 7,217 13,704
2007 166 113 427 706 3,835 2,308 6,603 12,746
2006 160 112 408 680 3,551 2,316 5,914 11,781
2005 149 109 388 646 3,279 2,246 5,608 11,133
2004 143 107 371 621 3,141 2,099 5,261 10,501
2003 139 97 346 582 2,945 1,975 4,587 9,507
2002 123 82 313 518 2,586 1,695 4,094 8,375
2001 110 79 277 466 2,324 1,556 3,448 7,328
Source:
2001: Departament de Benestar Social. Secretaria General.
2002-2005: Departament de Benestar i Família. Secretaria General.
2006-2009: Departament d'Acció Social i Ciutadania. Secretaria General.
2010: Ministry of Social Welfare and Family.

Last update: March 8, 2011.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Day centre for the elderly
Specialised care centre that offers daytime placement and care services for the everyday lives over elderly people with major dependences. These services can be provided by a specific establishment or as an integral service within general care spaces and as part of the daily functional activities programme of a residence. They can be temporary or permanent. The beneficiaries are elderly people that need organisation, supervision and care in order to carry out everyday activities, and whose care is complemented by other care provided by their family or social environment.
Specialised care social service
Level of specific action aimed at the diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, support and rehabilitation of the social deficits of people belonging to collectives or segments of the population due to the singularity of their needs. These services are provided by specialised professionals and depending on different cases, may use community, daytime or residential services along with other adequate resources for said purpose.

Methodological aspects

The Catalan social services system is the coordinated set of personal services, facilities, activities, economic benefits and of prevention, care and social promotion in Catalonia, which aims to ensure the participation of all citizens in the benefits of social life. Is specifically designed for individuals, families or groups who, by having difficulties in the development and integration into society, lack of personal autonomy, physical, mental or sensory disabilities, family problems or suffer social marginalization, are creditors of collective and caring effort.

The system is divided functionally into primary care social services and social services of specialized care, and is organized territorially in key areas of social services, sectors of county, regional and territorial areas of Catalonia, and in the following areas of action: care for family, childhood and adolescence; care for people with disabilities, old age care and treatment of drug addicts.

The professional staff working in day care centre for senior citizens is multidisciplinary. The assignment of a day care centre is conducted through Individual Care Program (PAI), developed by public social services, which determines the most appropriate methods of intervention to the needs of people in situations of dependence on services and economic benefits provided for in resolution by his degree and level.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".