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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 2022
Centres Places
Business initiative Social initiative Public initiative Total Business initiative Social initiative Public initiative Total
Alt Camp 3 3 2 8 49 90 60 199
Alt Empordà 5 4 3 12 79 140 84 303
Alt Penedès 8 4 3 15 98 70 70 238
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 9 24 297 111 186 594
Baix Ebre 4 2 3 9 120 75 90 285
Baix Empordà 6 2 3 11 94 55 110 259
Baix Llobregat 69 17 12 98 1,302 518 313 2,133
Baix Penedès 8 2 2 12 76 66 75 217
Barcelonès 152 24 37 213 2,992 615 1,078 4,685
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 1,101 316 106 1,523
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 10 10 21 20 330 235 585
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 24 3 7 34 463 76 225 764
Selva 11 2 4 17 179 17 94 290
Solsonès 0 2 0 2 0 54 0 54
Tarragonès 9 4 5 18 217 119 95 431
Terra Alta 0 1 8 9 0 30 116 146
Urgell 5 2 5 12 97 55 56 208
Vallès Occidental 72 6 16 94 1,180 233 436 1,849
Vallès Oriental 33 13 8 54 433 322 225 980
Catalonia 538 152 217 907 10,262 4,045 5,264 19,571
Metropolità 374 76 80 530 7,008 2,011 2,168 11,187
Comarques Gironines 46 14 20 80 864 333 569 1,766
Camp de Tarragona 27 10 21 58 595 320 419 1,334
Terres de l'Ebre 7 5 22 34 250 160 392 802
Ponent 38 10 25 73 665 269 537 1,471
Comarques Centrals 14 25 28 67 282 611 620 1,513
Alt Pirineu i Aran 2 2 7 11 30 55 104 189
Penedès 30 10 14 54 568 286 455 1,309
Barcelona 410 107 120 637 7,782 2,788 3,168 13,738
Girona 46 15 20 81 864 358 569 1,791
Lleida 40 13 32 85 695 353 641 1,689
Tarragona 42 17 45 104 921 546 886 2,353
Source: Ministry of Social Rights.

Last update: July 31, 2023.

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 "..".