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ON-GOING PROJECTS

• BARCELONA CIUTAT AMIGA DE LA GENT GRAN
  Date: 2009-2011
  Staff: Mercè Pérez Salanova, Laura Coll i Planas
  Funding: Ajuntamentv de Barcelona
  Summary: T his project is based in the World Health Organization initiative Age friendly cities of creating a world network of cities that approach population aging in urban environments and that promote active and healthy aging. The Institut is an academic partner of the project, jointly with the Ajuntament de Barcelona (Direcció Participació Social, Regidoria d’Acció Social i Ciutadania) an the Consell Assessor de la Gent Gran de Barcelona. The main focus of the project is the active participation of the elderly as major figure of the needed changes in their environment: taking into account their needs, perceptions and opinions about the several fields that make up their daily lives in the city
  Website: http://bcnamigagentgran.com/
  
  
• PLATAFORMA E-HEALTH PARA UN ENVEJECIMIENTO SALUDABLE
  Date: 2009-2011
  Staff: Antoni Salvà, Toni Rivero, Joan Carles Rovira,  Xavier Rojano, Marta Roqué, Gabriela del Valle, Laura Coll, Sara Domenech, Marco Inzitari, Alex Domingo. In cooperation with: Informática y Comunicaciones Avanzadas (ICA), Nvision, Nuk consultants, Institut de Recerca de l’Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau.
  Funding: Convocatòria Avanza 1/2009. Proyectos tractores de I+D
  Summary: Design and trial support of an teleassistance and telecare integrated expert system for prevention of dependence and promotion of personal autonomy of the aged living in the community.
  
  
• AUTONOMY AND DEPENDENCE CARE PROMOTION TRAINING PLAN
  Date: 2010
  Staff: Toni Rivero- Gabriela Gómez-Jordi Gonzàlez-Sara Domenech- Alex Domingo
  Funding: Ajuntament de Sant Boi de Llobregat
  Summary: Strategic and operative planning of the training catering to the promotion of autonomy and care of the dependent people. This training is aimed to social service and health care professionals, service providers, as well as dependent people, informal caregivers and representative associations.
  
  
• ACTIVE AGING PROMOTION GUIDE FOR FACILITES FOR THE ELDERLY
  Date: 2009 - 2010
  Staff: Toni Rivero, Jordi González, Gabriela Gómez, Sara Domenech, Laura Coll, Alex Domingo
  Funding: Diputació de Barcelona
  Summary: Creation of a working paper from the collective reflection and experience exchange between local technical staff of the province of Barcelona. The paper is aimed to intervention, offering general recommendations, organisation model options or specific guides for interventions aimed at steer the management of facilities towards active ageing promotion.
  
  
• AGING RESOURCE CENTER IN SANT BOI DE LLOBREGAT
  Date: 2009-2010
  Staff: Toni Rivero, Gabriela Gómez, Jordi Gonzàlez, Alex Domingo
  Funding: Ajuntament de Sant Boi de Llobregat
  Summary: Strategic design for the creation of a Resource, Information and Training Center aimed at the elderly, professionals, association and people interested in the practice, research and training of active aging. The center will cater for the needs of the population and the services of the city of Sant Boi de Llobregat, but in the future it may cover a wider area.

FINALISED PROJECTS

• STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY LIVING ALONE IN SANT BOI
  Date: 2009
  Staff: Toni Rivero, Jordi González, Gabriela Gómez, Laura Coll
  Funding: Ajuntament de Sant Boi
  Summary: Joint study with the Sant Boi City Council in which the situation and social needs fo the elderly living alone in town are analyzed using 400 surveys made in the homes of elderly citizens.
  
  
• FACTORES DE LOS EQUIPAMIENTOS SOCIOCULTURALES PARA EL ENVEJECIMIENTO ACTIVO EN L'HOSPITALET DE LLOBREGAT
  Date: 2008-2009
  Staff: Toni Rivero- Gabriela Gómez- Jordi Gonzàlez- Alex Domingo
  Funding: Àrea de Benestar de la Diputació de Barcelona
  Resum: Estudio sobre los factores que inciden en la participación de las personas mayoresen los equipamientos socioculturales del municipio de L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Las distintas percepciones se reojen teniendo en cuenta las variables territorio y género, en la realización de entrevistas con expertos y representantes de asociaciones de personas mayores; grupos focales con personas mayores que participan en equipamientos públicos de la ciudad (casales, bibliotecas, polidportivos y centros culturales) y para los resultados de 48 encuestas a pie de calle en personas que no participan en actividades.

• CIUDADANIA ACTIVA
  Date: 2007-2008
  Staff: Mercè Pérez Salanova, Sara Domènech, Toni Rivero
  Funding:IMSERSO
  Summary: This research has the aim to study the Councils of the Elderly and to obtain systematized information about the characteristics of the autonomous participation instruments, including the Councils in Spain.

• VIDES SINGULARS
  Date: 2007-2008
  Staff: Mercè Pérez Salanova, Sara Domènech
  Funding: Fundació Viure i Conviure. Obra Social Caixa Catalunya
  Summary: The discussions held with renowned persons of our society, which integrate the "Vides singulars" course are the departure point for the development of an informative publication.
  

• COUNSELING FOR THE ELDERLY PEOPLE PROGRAM IN CERDANYOLA DEL VALLÈS
  Date: 2005
  Staff: Mercè Pérez
  Funding: Cerdanyola del Vallès City Council
  Summary: Validation of the program for the elderly of the Civil Rights CPS of Cerdanyola, as well as counseling for the technical staff, in order to ellaborate the future developments of the Cerdanyola del Vallès Aging Strategic Plan, in the prespective of active aging.
  
  
• ELDERLY WOMEN, COTIDIANITY AND PARTICIPATION. STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE ACTIVE AGING
  Date: 2005-2006
  Staff: Mercè Pérez
  Funding: Imserso
  Summary: The research will study the perceptions that the elderly women have about their everyday life and social participation exploring their concepts and practice. The project includes the perspective of the professionals about the participation of the elderly women.
  
  
• STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE ELDERLY IN MANRESA
  Date: 2005-2006
  Staff: Toni Rivero, Adela Boixadós
  Funding: Diputació de Barcelona
  Summary: Development of a Strategic Plan for the elderly in Manresa, in collaboration with the City Council.
  
  
• STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE ELDERLY IN GAVÀ
  Date: 2005-2006
  Staff: Toni Rivero, Artur Santacana
  Funding: Diputació de Barcelona
  Summary:Development of a Strategic Plan for the elderly in Gavà, in collaboration with the City Council.