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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 2013
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 4 5 13 99 79 43 221
Alt Penedès 3 1 6 10 70 10 93 173
Alt Urgell 0 1 1 2 0 30 10 40
Alta Ribagorça 1 0 0 1 12 0 0 12
Anoia 6 1 7 14 184 36 116 336
Bages 13 10 8 31 206 132 108 446
Baix Camp 9 2 11 22 201 40 243 484
Baix Ebre 1 2 2 5 30 75 50 155
Baix Empordà 4 2 3 9 140 55 60 255
Baix Llobregat 11 13 65 89 283 374 1,064 1,721
Baix Penedès 3 1 7 11 100 6 73 179
Barcelonès 33 25 143 201 974 607 2,666 4,247
Berguedà 4 4 1 9 105 85 20 210
Cerdanya 1 1 0 2 15 10 0 25
Conca de Barberà 4 1 1 6 62 20 10 92
Garraf 3 3 7 13 110 105 199 414
Garrigues 3 0 1 4 78 0 10 88
Garrotxa 2 2 3 7 97 40 84 221
Gironès 4 2 6 12 90 50 114 254
Maresme 5 11 49 65 82 276 1,037 1,395
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 39 0 20 59
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 7 9 0 27 66 93
Priorat 1 0 2 3 16 0 17 33
Ribera d'Ebre 5 0 0 5 83 0 0 83
Ripollès 4 1 0 5 66 16 0 82
Segarra 2 3 0 5 28 78 0 106
Segrià 5 4 21 30 125 91 408 624
Selva 4 2 10 16 94 16 156 266
Solsonès 0 2 0 2 0 54 0 54
Tarragonès 4 5 8 17 75 133 182 390
Terra Alta 5 1 0 6 61 30 0 91
Urgell 4 2 4 10 35 55 90 180
Val d'Aran 1 0 0 1 22 0 0 22
Vallès Occidental 17 7 74 98 458 255 1,119 1,832
Vallès Oriental 8 13 32 53 218 279 389 886
Catalonia 199 144 502 845 4,654 3,502 8,756 16,912
Metropolità 74 69 363 506 2,015 1,791 6,275 10,081
Comarques Gironines 22 15 34 71 586 283 523 1,392
Camp de Tarragona 20 11 26 57 399 273 511 1,183
Terres de l'Ebre 14 5 5 24 222 155 170 547
Ponent 20 10 34 64 357 248 603 1,208
Comarques Centrals 27 26 11 64 507 555 163 1,225
Alt Pirineu i Aran 7 2 2 11 104 40 30 174
Penedès 15 6 27 48 464 157 481 1,102
Barcelona 113 98 394 605 2,886 2,443 6,846 12,175
Girona 23 16 34 73 601 293 523 1,417
Lleida 26 13 36 75 446 332 633 1,411
Tarragona 37 17 38 92 721 434 754 1,909
Source: Ministry of Social Welfare and Family.

Last update: January 19, 2015.

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 "..".