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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 2021
Centres Places
Business initiative Social initiative Public initiative Total Business initiative Social initiative Public initiative Total
Alt Camp 4 3 2 9 59 90 60 209
Alt Empordà 5 4 3 12 79 114 84 277
Alt Penedès 8 3 3 14 98 30 70 198
Alt Urgell 1 1 0 2 10 30 0 40
Alta Ribagorça 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 12
Anoia 6 1 7 14 86 36 240 362
Aran 0 0 1 1 0 0 22 22
Bages 6 10 12 28 102 172 236 510
Baix Camp 12 3 10 25 272 111 218 601
Baix Ebre 4 2 3 9 120 75 90 285
Baix Empordà 6 2 3 11 94 55 110 259
Baix Llobregat 70 17 12 99 1,317 518 313 2,148
Baix Penedès 8 2 2 12 76 66 100 242
Barcelonès 155 24 37 216 3,084 615 1,078 4,777
Berguedà 6 2 4 12 149 40 105 294
Cerdanya 0 1 1 2 0 25 15 40
Conca de Barberà 1 0 4 5 15 0 62 77
Garraf 8 3 3 14 308 114 110 532
Garrigues 1 1 3 5 10 24 82 116
Garrotxa 5 2 2 9 126 40 125 291
Gironès 8 2 4 14 235 50 90 375
Maresme 48 15 6 69 1,022 316 106 1,444
Moianès 1 2 2 5 11 22 14 47
Montsià 3 2 5 10 130 55 93 278
Noguera 3 0 4 7 30 0 41 71
Osona 1 11 9 21 20 344 221 585
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 11 1 0 12 151 15 0 166
Priorat 2 0 1 3 17 0 16 33
Ribera d'Ebre 0 0 6 6 0 0 93 93
Ripollès 0 1 4 5 0 16 66 82
Segarra 0 3 2 5 0 90 28 118
Segrià 23 3 7 33 445 76 225 746
Selva 11 2 4 17 179 17 94 290
Solsonès 0 2 0 2 0 54 0 54
Tarragonès 9 4 4 17 217 118 75 410
Terra Alta 0 1 8 9 0 30 116 146
Urgell 4 2 5 11 77 55 56 188
Vallès Occidental 71 6 16 93 1,150 233 436 1,819
Vallès Oriental 32 12 8 52 396 282 225 903
Catalonia 539 151 216 906 10,170 3,952 5,287 19,409
Metropolità 376 75 80 531 6,969 1,971 2,168 11,108
Comarques Gironines 46 14 20 80 864 307 569 1,740
Camp de Tarragona 28 10 21 59 580 319 431 1,330
Terres de l'Ebre 7 5 22 34 250 160 392 802
Ponent 36 10 25 71 627 269 537 1,433
Comarques Centrals 14 26 27 67 282 625 606 1,513
Alt Pirineu i Aran 2 2 7 11 30 55 104 189
Penedès 30 9 14 53 568 246 480 1,294
Barcelona 412 106 119 637 7,743 2,722 3,154 13,619
Girona 46 15 20 81 864 332 569 1,765
Lleida 38 13 32 83 657 353 641 1,651
Tarragona 43 17 45 105 906 545 923 2,374
Source: Ministry of Social Rights.

Last update: July 12, 2022.

Statistics SSGG

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.

Current Territorial Distribution

At present, Catalonia is divided into 41 counties, 1 singular territorial entity (Aran) and 8 areas of the Territorial Plan, according to the latest territorial changes, which affect the areas of El Penedès and the Central Counties, Aran and El Moianès.

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 "..".