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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 and Aran, areas and provinces 2014
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 4 13 79 79 99 257
Alt Penedès 7 2 3 12 103 20 70 193
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 9 11 13 33 148 152 206 506
Baix Camp 11 2 9 22 247 40 201 488
Baix Ebre 3 2 1 6 90 75 30 195
Baix Empordà 4 2 3 9 65 55 110 230
Baix Llobregat 67 13 11 91 1,074 374 283 1,731
Baix Penedès 8 1 3 12 93 6 100 199
Barcelonès 148 25 33 206 2,709 607 974 4,290
Berguedà 1 4 4 9 20 85 105 210
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 3 2 2 7 84 40 97 221
Gironès 7 2 4 13 139 50 90 279
Maresme 49 14 5 68 1,037 288 82 1,407
Montsià 3 2 3 8 120 50 48 218
Noguera 3 0 4 7 30 0 41 71
Osona 2 11 11 24 35 344 221 600
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 8 2 0 10 72 27 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 5 30 408 91 125 624
Selva 10 2 4 16 156 16 94 266
Solsonès 0 2 0 2 0 54 0 54
Tarragonès 8 5 4 17 182 133 75 390
Terra Alta 0 1 5 6 0 30 61 91
Urgell 4 2 4 10 90 55 35 180
Vallès Occidental 74 7 17 98 1,138 255 458 1,851
Vallès Oriental 34 13 8 55 432 287 218 937
Catalonia 518 150 200 868 9,057 3,612 4,674 17,343
Metropolità 372 72 74 518 6,390 1,811 2,015 10,216
Comarques Gironines 37 15 21 73 595 283 556 1,434
Camp de Tarragona 26 11 20 57 515 273 399 1,187
Terres de l'Ebre 6 5 14 25 210 155 222 587
Ponent 34 10 21 65 603 248 382 1,233
Comarques Centrals 12 28 28 68 203 635 532 1,370
Alt Pirineu i Aran 2 2 7 11 30 40 104 174
Penedès 29 7 15 51 511 167 464 1,142
Barcelona 405 104 114 623 7,011 2,553 2,911 12,475
Girona 37 16 21 74 595 293 556 1,444
Lleida 36 13 28 77 633 332 486 1,451
Tarragona 40 17 37 94 818 434 721 1,973
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 "..".