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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 2009
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 4 2 5 11 84 50 43 177
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 8 12 119 20 119 258
Bages 13 9 7 29 201 112 103 416
Baix Camp 6 1 12 19 123 15 248 386
Baix Ebre 1 2 2 5 20 55 50 125
Baix Empordà 5 2 1 8 180 55 20 255
Baix Llobregat 11 11 58 80 306 243 875 1,424
Baix Penedès 2 1 7 10 120 6 73 199
Barcelonès 33 22 128 183 971 496 2,284 3,751
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 6 9 30 35 130 195
Garrigues 2 0 1 3 32 0 10 42
Garrotxa 3 2 4 9 117 40 114 271
Gironès 4 0 7 11 90 0 111 201
Maresme 6 9 43 58 88 196 820 1,104
Montsià 2 2 2 6 28 50 100 178
Noguera 3 0 4 7 31 0 60 91
Osona 10 10 2 22 246 262 35 543
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 5 7 20 24 65 109
Pla de l'Estany 0 2 8 10 0 27 69 96
Priorat 1 0 2 3 16 0 17 33
Ribera d'Ebre 5 0 0 5 68 0 0 68
Ripollès 3 2 0 5 28 46 0 74
Segarra 1 2 0 3 3 45 0 48
Segrià 4 4 21 29 84 91 344 519
Selva 4 3 8 15 94 46 139 279
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 3 9 35 55 55 145
Val d'Aran 1 0 0 1 20 0 0 20
Vallès Occidental 17 6 72 95 452 223 1,091 1,766
Vallès Oriental 8 10 27 45 218 132 326 676
Catalonia 182 122 466 770 4,260 2,614 7,680 14,554
Metropolità 79 61 340 480 2,130 1,335 5,634 9,099
Comarques Gironines 23 13 33 69 593 264 496 1,353
Camp de Tarragona 18 7 35 60 421 117 559 1,097
Terres de l'Ebre 10 5 4 19 147 135 150 432
Ponent 15 9 34 58 205 215 534 954
Comarques Centrals 30 25 18 73 671 508 277 1,456
Alt Pirineu i Aran 7 2 2 11 93 40 30 163
Barcelona 109 85 358 552 2,801 1,814 5,911 10,526
Girona 24 14 33 71 608 274 496 1,378
Lleida 21 11 36 68 283 274 564 1,121
Tarragona 28 12 39 79 568 252 709 1,529
Source: Departament d'Acció Social i Ciutadania. Secretaria General.

Last update: March 24, 2010.

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 "..".