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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 2006
Centres Places
Public initiative Social initiative Business initiative Total Public initiative Social initiative Business initiative Total
Alt Camp 2 0 2 4 50 0 37 87
Alt Empordà 2 2 5 9 54 50 31 135
Alt Penedès 3 1 6 10 65 10 105 180
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 54 20 122 196
Bages 12 9 6 27 143 107 87 337
Baix Camp 4 0 11 15 63 0 187 250
Baix Ebre 0 1 1 2 0 30 22 52
Baix Empordà 3 2 1 6 110 55 20 185
Baix Llobregat 10 9 53 72 258 208 697 1,163
Baix Penedès 2 1 5 8 40 6 43 89
Barcelonès 32 26 109 167 927 627 1,836 3,390
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 4 7 30 35 69 134
Garrigues 2 0 1 3 32 0 10 42
Garrotxa 3 2 4 9 117 40 87 244
Gironès 4 0 6 10 98 0 61 159
Maresme 4 9 37 50 58 164 612 834
Montsià 3 0 1 4 48 0 10 58
Noguera 3 0 3 6 46 0 30 76
Osona 8 8 3 19 207 172 47 426
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 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 3 0 0 3 40 0 0 40
Ripollès 4 1 0 5 58 16 0 74
Segarra 1 2 0 3 3 45 0 48
Segrià 4 4 18 26 84 91 243 418
Selva 3 2 10 15 64 33 124 221
Solsonès 0 1 0 1 0 10 0 10
Tarragonès 2 5 7 14 30 96 97 223
Terra Alta 2 0 0 2 31 0 0 31
Urgell 3 2 2 7 30 55 24 109
Val d'Aran 1 0 0 1 20 0 0 20
Vallès Occidental 16 6 61 83 416 165 833 1,414
Vallès Oriental 7 8 31 46 178 120 342 640
Catalonia 160 112 408 680 3,551 2,316 5,914 11,781
Metropolità 73 61 301 435 1,932 1,329 4,494 7,755
Comarques Gironines 19 10 33 62 501 206 389 1,096
Camp de Tarragona 14 6 27 47 215 102 381 698
Terres de l'Ebre 8 1 2 11 119 30 32 181
Ponent 14 9 28 51 215 215 352 782
Comarques Centrals 25 23 16 64 479 394 256 1,129
Alt Pirineu i Aran 7 2 1 10 90 40 10 140
Barcelona 98 83 317 498 2,411 1,713 4,750 8,874
Girona 20 11 33 64 516 216 389 1,121
Lleida 20 11 29 60 290 255 362 907
Tarragona 22 7 29 58 334 132 413 879
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 "..".