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Facilities for the elderly. Day centres. By ownership. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Facilities for the elderly. Day centres. Centres and places. By ownership. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2015
Centres Places
Business initiative Social initiative Public initiative Total Business initiative Social initiative Public initiative Total
Alt Camp 4 3 2 9 59 80 45 184
Alt Empordà 5 4 3 12 79 79 84 242
Alt Penedès 7 3 3 13 103 30 70 203
Alt Urgell 1 1 0 2 10 30 0 40
Alta Ribagorça 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 12
Anoia 7 1 6 14 116 36 184 336
Aran 0 0 1 1 0 0 22 22
Bages 8 10 11 29 132 137 190 459
Baix Camp 12 2 9 23 272 40 201 513
Baix Ebre 4 2 2 8 101 75 70 246
Baix Empordà 4 3 2 9 65 85 80 230
Baix Llobregat 66 15 11 92 1,068 439 283 1,790
Baix Penedès 8 1 3 12 93 6 100 199
Barcelonès 154 25 34 213 2,801 607 999 4,407
Berguedà 3 3 4 10 65 60 105 230
Cerdanya 0 1 1 2 0 10 15 25
Conca de Barberà 1 1 4 6 10 20 62 92
Garraf 7 3 3 13 199 105 110 414
Garrigues 1 0 3 4 10 0 78 88
Garrotxa 4 2 2 8 94 40 97 231
Gironès 7 2 4 13 139 50 90 279
Maresme 49 14 5 68 1,037 288 82 1,407
Moianès 1 2 2 5 1 22 14 37
Montsià 3 2 4 9 120 50 78 248
Noguera 3 0 4 7 30 0 41 71
Osona 2 10 11 23 35 329 251 615
Pallars Jussà 1 0 2 3 20 0 39 59
Pallars Sobirà 0 0 2 2 0 0 16 16
Pla d'Urgell 5 1 3 9 65 24 75 164
Pla de l'Estany 9 1 0 10 84 15 0 99
Priorat 2 0 1 3 17 0 16 33
Ribera d'Ebre 0 0 5 5 0 0 83 83
Ripollès 0 1 4 5 0 16 66 82
Segarra 0 3 2 5 0 78 28 106
Segrià 21 4 6 31 408 91 175 674
Selva 10 2 4 16 156 16 94 266
Solsonès 0 2 0 2 0 54 0 54
Tarragonès 8 5 4 17 182 143 75 400
Terra Alta 0 1 7 8 0 30 98 128
Urgell 4 2 4 10 90 55 36 181
Vallès Occidental 76 7 17 100 1,171 265 458 1,894
Vallès Oriental 34 12 7 53 432 282 208 922
Catalonia 531 151 203 885 9,264 3,687 4,830 17,781
Metropolità 379 74 75 528 6,509 1,888 2,040 10,437
Comarques Gironines 39 15 19 73 617 301 511 1,429
Camp de Tarragona 27 11 20 58 540 283 399 1,222
Terres de l'Ebre 7 5 18 30 221 155 329 705
Ponent 34 10 22 66 603 248 433 1,284
Comarques Centrals 14 26 28 68 233 595 590 1,418
Alt Pirineu i Aran 2 2 7 11 30 40 104 174
Penedès 29 8 14 51 511 177 424 1,112
Barcelona 414 105 114 633 7,160 2,600 2,954 12,714
Girona 39 16 19 74 617 311 511 1,439
Lleida 36 13 29 78 633 332 537 1,502
Tarragona 42 17 41 100 854 444 828 2,126
Source: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.

Last update: October 6, 2016.

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 "..".