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Social services facilites for disabled people. By type of facility. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Social services facilites for disabled people. Centres and places. By type of facility. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2023
Residential centres Residential homes Specialised care centres Occupational centres Total
Centres Places Centres Places Centres Places Centres Places Centres Places
Alt Camp 0 0 3 54 0 0 4 100 7 154
Alt Empordà 1 44 4 51 2 90 3 158 10 343
Alt Penedès 4 70 6 70 1 18 6 209 17 367
Alt Urgell 0 0 2 27 0 0 2 45 4 72
Alta Ribagorça 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anoia 3 63 13 148 2 37 5 191 23 439
Aran 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25 2 25
Bages 9 233 13 228 2 27 14 561 38 1,049
Baix Camp 6 388 5 85 1 15 7 299 19 787
Baix Ebre 2 60 4 62 0 0 7 247 13 369
Baix Empordà 1 16 5 69 2 31 6 227 14 343
Baix Llobregat 9 298 21 442 6 113 26 1,113 62 1,966
Baix Penedès 0 0 3 51 0 0 4 207 7 258
Barcelonès 31 975 82 1,425 19 427 91 3,723 223 6,550
Berguedà 1 60 3 36 0 0 2 120 6 216
Cerdanya 0 0 1 8 0 0 2 40 3 48
Conca de Barberà 0 0 2 25 0 0 2 66 4 91
Garraf 2 70 3 81 1 15 2 116 8 282
Garrigues 0 0 3 52 0 0 2 75 5 127
Garrotxa 1 22 3 36 2 26 3 124 9 208
Gironès 10 318 12 138 4 54 12 353 38 863
Lluçanès 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maresme 7 359 22 399 4 43 16 781 49 1,582
Moianès 0 0 2 17 0 0 1 24 3 41
Montsià 1 31 4 73 1 12 3 146 9 262
Noguera 1 34 3 33 0 0 2 95 6 162
Osona 2 101 7 173 2 20 11 240 22 534
Pallars Jussà 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 32 3 38
Pallars Sobirà 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pla d'Urgell 4 81 2 48 1 6 2 136 9 271
Pla de l'Estany 2 30 1 18 0 0 3 76 6 124
Priorat 0 0 1 16 0 0 2 25 3 41
Ribera d'Ebre 0 0 1 24 0 0 1 60 2 84
Ripollès 1 26 4 47 1 36 3 134 9 243
Segarra 0 0 1 10 0 0 4 54 5 64
Segrià 10 455 24 452 5 170 15 823 54 1,900
Selva 3 98 9 126 2 22 10 376 24 622
Solsonès 0 0 2 33 0 0 2 51 4 84
Tarragonès 2 55 8 132 1 10 11 459 22 656
Terra Alta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urgell 0 0 4 78 0 0 6 181 10 259
Vallès Occidental 13 690 28 392 3 91 26 1,246 70 2,419
Vallès Oriental 5 166 15 282 2 42 14 620 36 1,110
Catalonia 131 4,743 327 5,447 64 1,305 336 13,558 858 25,053
Metropolità 65 2,488 168 2,940 34 716 173 7,483 440 13,627
Comarques Gironines 19 554 38 485 13 259 40 1,448 110 2,746
Camp de Tarragona 8 443 19 312 2 25 26 949 55 1,729
Terres de l'Ebre 3 91 9 159 1 12 11 453 24 715
Ponent 15 570 36 663 6 176 31 1,364 88 2,773
Comarques Centrals 14 448 28 497 5 48 30 996 77 1,989
Alt Pirineu i Aran 0 0 4 41 0 0 8 142 12 183
Penedès 7 149 25 350 3 69 17 723 52 1,291
Barcelona 86 3,085 215 3,693 42 833 214 8,944 557 16,555
Girona 19 554 39 493 13 259 42 1,488 113 2,794
Lleida 15 570 42 739 6 176 39 1,517 102 3,002
Tarragona 11 534 31 522 3 37 41 1,609 86 2,702
Source: Ministry of Social Rights.

Last update: July 24, 2024.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Specialised care centre
Centre that offers daytime placement and care services for people with serious disabilities that, due to their high level of affectation, need care and support for their day to day activities and when this service cannot be provided by any other daily service forming part of the general network of the education system.
Occupational centre
Centre offering services that pertain to two modalities [1]: occupational therapy service and occupational labour insertion therapy. These services are addressed at facilitating their beneficiaries with daytime care of a rehabilitation nature in order for, in accordance with each individual's capacities, them to become as integrated in society as possible. The beneficiaries are disabled people of a working age that have not managed to achieve integration in the employment environment.
Residential centre
Centre that offers residential placement services of a temporary or permanent nature that serve as replacements for the home, and are equipped to host people with a high level of affectation that need care and support in their daily activities, and that for family or social reasons, or due to geographical location, are unable to live in their own homes, such that it is essential for them to be admitted temporarily or permanently into a centre of such characteristics.
Physical disability
It is divided into two types: Motor: Physical disability suffering people who have affected the ability to move for various reasons (birth defects, accidents, brain injury...). Non-motor: Physical disability with people who for organic causes cannot develop a full life (fatigue, coronary heart disease, kidney disease, lung disease...).
Intellectual disability
Disability presented by persons who, for both congenital and acquired causes, have mental deficiencies. This group is characterized by intellectual function below average and ease of understanding and information reduced. This category does not include people with mental illness.
Residential home
Residence offering services that pertain to two modalities: residences with support service and residential home. The former are developed in the physical structure of an ordinary home that constitutes the usual residence of the people that live in it and are aimed at disabled people that have sufficient capacity and autonomy to organise their own everyday activities, but that as a result of their disability, need specialist, personal or community support. The latter are residential placement services, of a temporary or permanent nature, which substitute the home and are developed within an establishment and are aimed at disabled people that need permanent or temporary supervision and/or assistance in order for them to cope with everyday activities.
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.

Location services can be temporary or permanent.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.