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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 2004
Centres Places
Public initiative Social initiative Business initiative Total Public initiative Social initiative Business initiative Total
Alt Camp 2 0 2 4 40 0 37 77
Alt Empordà 1 2 2 5 32 50 19 101
Alt Penedès 2 1 7 10 40 10 112 162
Alt Urgell 0 1 1 2 0 30 10 40
Alta Ribagorça 1 0 0 1 8 0 0 8
Anoia 2 1 7 10 44 20 134 198
Bages 11 8 5 24 143 92 72 307
Baix Camp 4 1 11 16 63 3 190 256
Baix Ebre 0 1 1 2 0 20 20 40
Baix Empordà 3 0 1 4 110 0 20 130
Baix Llobregat 11 8 47 66 268 178 513 959
Baix Penedès 2 0 5 7 40 0 43 83
Barcelonès 26 27 102 155 717 631 1,617 2,965
Berguedà 2 4 0 6 75 85 0 160
Cerdanya 1 1 0 2 15 10 0 25
Conca de Barberà 3 0 0 3 27 0 0 27
Garraf 1 2 3 6 30 35 35 100
Garrigues 2 0 0 2 32 0 0 32
Garrotxa 3 2 4 9 117 40 114 271
Gironès 4 0 6 10 98 0 66 164
Maresme 4 9 29 42 58 132 479 669
Montsià 4 0 1 5 78 0 10 88
Noguera 2 0 3 5 40 0 30 70
Osona 6 8 2 16 145 142 32 319
Pallars Jussà 2 0 0 2 31 0 0 31
Pallars Sobirà 2 0 0 2 16 0 0 16
Pla d'Urgell 1 1 2 4 20 24 25 69
Pla de l'Estany 0 2 5 7 0 22 56 78
Priorat 1 0 1 2 5 0 2 7
Ribera d'Ebre 2 0 0 2 20 0 0 20
Ripollès 4 1 0 5 58 16 0 74
Segarra 1 2 0 3 3 45 0 48
Segrià 3 4 16 23 54 91 218 363
Selva 2 2 9 13 39 33 114 186
Solsonès 0 1 0 1 0 10 0 10
Tarragonès 1 4 7 12 6 91 97 194
Terra Alta 1 0 0 1 16 0 0 16
Urgell 4 2 2 8 98 27 24 149
Val d'Aran 1 0 0 1 15 0 0 15
Vallès Occidental 14 5 61 80 362 150 831 1,343
Vallès Oriental 7 7 29 43 178 112 341 631
Catalonia 143 107 371 621 3,141 2,099 5,261 10,501
Metropolità 65 59 278 402 1,653 1,248 3,928 6,829
Comarques Gironines 17 9 27 53 454 161 389 1,004
Camp de Tarragona 13 5 26 44 181 94 369 644
Terres de l'Ebre 7 1 2 10 114 20 30 164
Ponent 13 9 23 45 247 187 297 731
Comarques Centrals 21 22 14 57 407 349 238 994
Alt Pirineu i Aran 7 2 1 10 85 40 10 135
Barcelona 86 80 292 458 2,060 1,587 4,166 7,813
Girona 18 10 27 55 469 171 389 1,029
Lleida 19 11 24 54 317 227 307 851
Tarragona 20 6 28 54 295 114 399 808
Source: Departament de Benestar i Família. Secretaria General.

Last update: October 9, 2009.

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 "..".