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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 2012
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 36 119 339
Bages 13 11 8 32 206 137 108 451
Baix Camp 8 2 12 22 169 40 263 472
Baix Ebre 0 2 2 4 0 75 50 125
Baix Empordà 4 2 2 8 140 55 20 215
Baix Llobregat 13 13 62 88 334 355 997 1,686
Baix Penedès 3 1 8 12 100 6 88 194
Barcelonès 34 25 141 200 999 607 2,682 4,288
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 12 110 105 193 408
Garrigues 3 0 1 4 78 0 10 88
Garrotxa 2 2 4 8 97 40 114 251
Gironès 4 2 8 14 90 50 125 265
Maresme 5 11 49 65 82 256 1,037 1,375
Montsià 3 2 3 8 48 50 120 218
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 5 0 0 5 78 0 0 78
Ripollès 3 2 0 5 36 46 0 82
Segarra 2 3 0 5 28 75 0 103
Segrià 5 4 21 30 125 91 371 587
Selva 3 4 10 17 64 71 140 275
Solsonès 0 1 0 1 0 29 0 29
Tarragonès 4 5 10 19 75 133 216 424
Terra Alta 6 1 0 7 76 30 0 106
Urgell 4 2 4 10 35 55 90 180
Val d'Aran 1 0 0 1 20 0 0 20
Vallès Occidental 17 6 77 100 458 223 1,161 1,842
Vallès Oriental 8 13 30 51 218 256 383 857
Catalonia 198 144 506 848 4,581 3,420 8,770 16,771
Metropolità 77 68 359 504 2,091 1,697 6,260 10,048
Comarques Gironines 20 16 37 73 526 318 511 1,355
Camp de Tarragona 18 11 29 58 342 273 565 1,180
Terres de l'Ebre 14 5 5 24 202 155 170 527
Ponent 20 10 34 64 357 245 566 1,168
Comarques Centrals 27 26 11 64 507 535 163 1,205
Alt Pirineu i Aran 7 2 2 11 97 40 30 167
Penedès 15 6 29 50 459 157 505 1,121
Barcelona 116 98 391 605 2,957 2,354 6,840 12,151
Girona 21 17 37 75 541 328 511 1,380
Lleida 26 12 36 74 439 304 596 1,339
Tarragona 35 17 42 94 644 434 823 1,901
Source: Ministry of Social Welfare and Family.

Last update: April 17, 2013.

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 "..".