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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 2007
Centres Places
Public initiative Social initiative Business initiative Total Public initiative Social initiative Business initiative Total
Alt Camp 2 1 4 7 60 20 69 149
Alt Empordà 2 2 5 9 54 50 31 135
Alt Penedès 3 1 6 10 65 10 106 181
Alt Urgell 0 1 1 2 0 30 10 40
Alta Ribagorça 1 0 0 1 8 0 0 8
Anoia 3 1 7 11 119 20 113 252
Bages 12 9 7 28 168 107 102 377
Baix Camp 4 0 12 16 63 0 240 303
Baix Ebre 0 1 1 2 0 32 21 53
Baix Empordà 3 2 1 6 110 55 20 185
Baix Llobregat 11 11 53 75 282 243 746 1,271
Baix Penedès 2 1 6 9 120 6 53 179
Barcelonès 33 23 113 169 955 545 1,948 3,448
Berguedà 3 4 1 8 85 85 20 190
Cerdanya 1 1 0 2 15 10 0 25
Conca de Barberà 3 0 0 3 27 0 0 27
Garraf 1 2 4 7 30 35 69 134
Garrigues 2 0 1 3 32 0 10 42
Garrotxa 3 2 3 8 117 40 84 241
Gironès 4 0 6 10 90 0 61 151
Maresme 5 9 42 56 64 164 775 1,003
Montsià 3 0 1 4 48 0 40 88
Noguera 3 0 4 7 31 0 60 91
Osona 8 8 3 19 207 202 47 456
Pallars Jussà 2 0 1 3 34 0 20 54
Pallars Sobirà 2 0 0 2 16 0 0 16
Pla d'Urgell 1 1 4 6 20 24 45 89
Pla de l'Estany 0 1 7 8 0 12 66 78
Priorat 1 0 2 3 5 0 17 22
Ribera d'Ebre 4 0 0 4 50 0 0 50
Ripollès 4 1 0 5 58 16 0 74
Segarra 1 2 0 3 3 45 0 48
Segrià 4 4 19 27 84 91 279 454
Selva 3 2 9 14 64 33 114 211
Solsonès 0 1 0 1 0 29 0 29
Tarragonès 2 4 8 14 30 81 127 238
Terra Alta 2 1 0 3 31 16 0 47
Urgell 3 2 2 7 30 55 24 109
Val d'Aran 1 0 0 1 20 0 0 20
Vallès Occidental 17 5 65 87 452 125 954 1,531
Vallès Oriental 7 10 29 46 188 127 332 647
Catalonia 166 113 427 706 3,835 2,308 6,603 12,746
Metropolità 77 61 312 450 2,036 1,249 4,930 8,215
Comarques Gironines 19 10 31 60 493 206 376 1,075
Camp de Tarragona 14 6 32 52 305 107 506 918
Terres de l'Ebre 9 2 2 13 129 48 61 238
Ponent 14 9 30 53 200 215 418 833
Comarques Centrals 26 23 18 67 579 443 282 1,304
Alt Pirineu i Aran 7 2 2 11 93 40 30 163
Barcelona 103 83 330 516 2,615 1,663 5,212 9,490
Girona 20 11 31 62 508 216 376 1,100
Lleida 20 11 32 63 278 274 448 1,000
Tarragona 23 8 34 65 434 155 567 1,156
Source: Departament d'Acció Social i Ciutadania. 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 "..".