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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 2011
Centres Places
Public initiative Social initiative Business initiative Total Public initiative Social initiative Business initiative Total
Alt Camp 2 3 4 9 45 80 59 184
Alt Empordà 4 2 5 11 99 29 43 171
Alt Penedès 3 1 7 11 65 10 105 180
Alt Urgell 0 1 1 2 0 30 10 40
Alta Ribagorça 1 0 0 1 12 0 0 12
Anoia 6 1 8 15 184 20 119 323
Bages 12 10 8 30 202 127 108 437
Baix Camp 6 2 12 20 123 40 263 426
Baix Ebre 0 2 2 4 0 55 50 105
Baix Empordà 4 2 1 7 140 55 20 215
Baix Llobregat 14 11 58 83 382 272 898 1,552
Baix Penedès 2 1 8 11 120 6 88 214
Barcelonès 34 23 135 192 999 542 2,565 4,106
Berguedà 4 4 1 9 105 85 20 210
Cerdanya 1 1 0 2 15 10 0 25
Conca de Barberà 3 1 1 5 37 20 10 67
Garraf 3 3 6 12 110 105 130 345
Garrigues 3 0 1 4 78 0 10 88
Garrotxa 2 2 4 8 97 40 114 251
Gironès 4 2 9 15 90 50 135 275
Maresme 5 10 48 63 82 240 1,022 1,344
Montsià 2 2 3 7 28 50 120 198
Noguera 4 0 3 7 41 0 30 71
Osona 10 10 2 22 196 284 35 515
Pallars Jussà 2 0 1 3 34 0 20 54
Pallars Sobirà 2 0 0 2 16 0 0 16
Pla d'Urgell 2 1 5 8 50 24 65 139
Pla de l'Estany 0 2 8 10 0 27 69 96
Priorat 1 0 2 3 16 0 17 33
Ribera d'Ebre 4 0 0 4 58 0 0 58
Ripollès 3 2 0 5 36 46 0 82
Segarra 2 2 0 4 33 45 0 78
Segrià 5 4 21 30 125 91 371 587
Selva 3 4 9 16 64 71 139 274
Solsonès 0 1 0 1 0 29 0 29
Tarragonès 4 4 9 17 75 93 186 354
Terra Alta 3 1 0 4 46 30 0 76
Urgell 4 2 3 9 35 55 55 145
Val d'Aran 1 0 0 1 20 0 0 20
Vallès Occidental 17 6 76 99 458 223 1,147 1,828
Vallès Oriental 8 11 30 49 218 211 371 800
Catalonia 190 134 491 815 4,534 3,095 8,394 16,023
Metropolità 78 61 347 486 2,139 1,488 6,003 9,630
Comarques Gironines 20 16 36 72 526 318 520 1,364
Camp de Tarragona 16 10 28 54 296 233 535 1,064
Terres de l'Ebre 9 5 5 19 132 135 170 437
Ponent 20 9 33 62 362 215 531 1,108
Comarques Centrals 26 25 11 62 503 525 163 1,191
Alt Pirineu i Aran 7 2 2 11 97 40 30 167
Penedès 14 6 29 49 479 141 442 1,062
Barcelona 116 90 379 585 3,001 2,119 6,520 11,640
Girona 21 17 36 74 541 328 520 1,389
Lleida 26 11 35 72 444 274 561 1,279
Tarragona 27 16 41 84 548 374 793 1,715
Source: Ministry of Social Welfare and Family.
Note: Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.

Last update: March 8, 2012.

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 "..".