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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 2008
Centres Places
Public initiative Social initiative Business initiative Total Public initiative Social initiative Business initiative Total
Alt Camp 3 1 4 8 80 20 69 169
Alt Empordà 3 2 5 10 69 50 31 150
Alt Penedès 3 1 6 10 65 10 108 183
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 13 9 7 29 191 112 103 406
Baix Camp 4 1 12 17 63 15 248 326
Baix Ebre 1 1 2 4 20 30 50 100
Baix Empordà 4 2 1 7 140 55 20 215
Baix Llobregat 11 11 55 77 282 243 849 1,374
Baix Penedès 2 1 7 10 120 6 73 199
Barcelonès 33 23 122 178 965 553 2,115 3,633
Berguedà 4 4 1 9 105 85 20 210
Cerdanya 1 1 0 2 15 10 0 25
Conca de Barberà 3 0 1 4 27 0 10 37
Garraf 1 2 5 8 30 35 105 170
Garrigues 2 0 1 3 32 0 10 42
Garrotxa 4 2 4 10 137 40 114 291
Gironès 4 0 6 10 90 0 61 151
Maresme 5 9 44 58 64 179 802 1,045
Montsià 2 1 3 6 28 20 140 188
Noguera 3 0 4 7 31 0 60 91
Osona 10 9 2 21 242 207 35 484
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 2 8 10 0 27 69 96
Priorat 0 0 2 2 0 0 17 17
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 20 28 84 91 299 474
Selva 3 3 8 14 64 46 128 238
Solsonès 0 1 0 1 0 29 0 29
Tarragonès 3 4 9 16 55 76 142 273
Terra Alta 2 1 0 3 31 30 0 61
Urgell 4 2 2 8 35 55 24 114
Val d'Aran 1 0 0 1 20 0 0 20
Vallès Occidental 17 6 68 91 452 133 995 1,580
Vallès Oriental 8 10 29 47 218 132 332 682
Catalonia 176 119 451 746 4,063 2,424 7,217 13,704
Metropolità 78 62 329 469 2,076 1,285 5,306 8,667
Comarques Gironines 22 12 32 66 558 234 423 1,215
Camp de Tarragona 15 7 35 57 345 117 559 1,021
Terres de l'Ebre 9 3 5 17 129 80 190 399
Ponent 15 9 31 55 205 215 438 858
Comarques Centrals 30 24 17 71 657 453 271 1,381
Alt Pirineu i Aran 7 2 2 11 93 40 30 163
Barcelona 108 85 346 539 2,733 1,709 5,577 10,019
Girona 23 13 32 68 573 244 423 1,240
Lleida 21 11 33 65 283 274 468 1,025
Tarragona 24 10 40 74 474 197 749 1,420
Source: Departament d'Acció Social i Ciutadania. Secretaria General.

Last update: June 18, 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 "..".