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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 2017
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 89 84 252
Alt Penedès 7 3 3 13 78 30 70 178
Alt Urgell 1 1 0 2 10 30 0 40
Alta Ribagorça 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 12
Anoia 7 1 7 15 116 36 219 371
Aran 0 0 1 1 0 0 22 22
Bages 7 10 12 29 107 137 225 469
Baix Camp 12 3 9 24 272 56 198 526
Baix Ebre 4 2 2 8 110 75 70 255
Baix Empordà 4 3 2 9 65 85 80 230
Baix Llobregat 69 16 11 96 1,157 473 283 1,913
Baix Penedès 8 1 2 11 76 6 100 182
Barcelonès 159 25 37 221 3,010 615 1,078 4,703
Berguedà 3 3 4 10 65 60 105 230
Cerdanya 0 1 1 2 0 10 15 25
Conca de Barberà 1 0 4 5 15 0 62 77
Garraf 8 3 3 14 300 120 110 530
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 15 5 69 1,042 345 82 1,469
Moianès 1 2 2 5 11 22 14 47
Montsià 3 2 5 10 130 50 93 273
Noguera 3 0 4 7 30 0 41 71
Osona 2 10 11 23 35 329 256 620
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 4 10 65 24 105 194
Pla de l'Estany 10 1 0 11 134 15 0 149
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 90 28 118
Segrià 23 3 6 32 438 76 205 719
Selva 12 2 4 18 181 16 94 291
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 77 55 36 168
Vallès Occidental 76 6 17 99 1,192 233 458 1,883
Vallès Oriental 33 12 7 52 431 282 208 921
Catalonia 543 151 209 903 9,747 3,772 5,056 18,575
Metropolità 386 75 78 539 6,832 1,955 2,119 10,906
Comarques Gironines 42 15 19 76 692 311 511 1,514
Camp de Tarragona 27 11 20 58 545 279 396 1,220
Terres de l'Ebre 7 5 19 31 240 155 344 739
Ponent 36 9 23 68 620 245 493 1,358
Comarques Centrals 13 26 29 68 218 595 630 1,443
Alt Pirineu i Aran 2 2 7 11 30 40 104 174
Penedès 30 8 14 52 570 192 459 1,221
Barcelona 421 106 119 646 7,544 2,682 3,108 13,334
Girona 42 16 19 77 692 321 511 1,524
Lleida 38 12 30 80 650 329 597 1,576
Tarragona 42 17 41 100 861 440 840 2,141
Source: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.

Last update: January 26, 2018.

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 "..".