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ON-GOING PROJECTS

• HELPS (EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR PROMOTING HEALTH OF RESIDENTS IN PSYCHIATRIC AND SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTIONS)
  Date: 2008-2010
  Coordination: Ramona Lucas
  Funding: European Comission
  Summary: The overarching aim of HELPS is to improve the physical health status of residents with mental disorders, mental disability or dependency living in social and health care institutions. HELPS will develop and implement a physical health intervention tool to be used in such institutions as a major step towards protecting human rights and dignity of residents living in social and health care institutions.
  Website: www.helps-net.eu
  
  
• 2007 OBSERVATORY OF THE SERVICES SECTOR FOR THE DEPENDENT PEOPLE IN MATARO AND MARESME
  Date: 2007-2008
  Staff: Toni Rivero, Marta Roqué
  Funding: IMPEM. Ajuntament de Mataró
  Summary: Second study of the situation and perspectives of ocupation and activity of the entities that provide care services for dependent people in the territory. Information based on an specific questionnaire that covers topics related to activity, occupation level, job profiles and the assessment of the sector's problems, training needs and the anticipated impact of the dependence law.
  
  
  
• IMSERSO 2007-2008 AGREEMENT
  Date: 2007-2008
  Staff: Toni Rivero, Antoni Salvà, Marta Roqué, Laura Coll, Xavier Rojano
  Funding: IMSERSO. Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales
  Summary: Technical support to the deployment of the Dependence Law in Spain.

FINALISED PROJECTS

• SUPPORT TO THE START UP OF THE ASSESSMENT TEAMS FOR THE DEPENDENCE LAW IN CATALONIA
  Date: 2007
  Staff: Toni Rivero, Antoni Salvà
  Funding: PRODEP. Generalitat de Catalunya
  Summary: Support to the process design of the SEVAD, assement of their function and creation of improvement mesures.

• 2006 OBSERVATORY OF THE SERVICES SECTOR FOR THE DEPENDENT PEOPLE IN MATARO AND MARESME
  Date: 2006-2007
  Staff: Toni Rivero. Marta Roqué
  Funding: IMPEM. Ajuntament de Mataró
  Summary: Study of the situation and perspectives of ocupation and activity of the entities that provide care services for dependent people in the territory. Information based on an specific questionnaire that covers topics related to activity, occupation level, job profiles and the assessment of the sector's problems, training needs and the anticipated impact of the dependence law.
  

• TRAINING FOR THE ASSEMENT TEAMS OF THE DEPENDENCE LAW IN CATALONIA
  Date: 2007
  Staff: Toni Rivero, Antoni Salvà, Joan Carles Rovira, Xavier Rojano, Elena Fernandez
  Funding: PRODEP. Generalitat de Catalunya
  Summary: Ttraining the course for the assessment staff for the Dependence Law in Catalonia
  
  
• STUDY OF THE FACTORS RELATED TO DISABILITY AND DEPENDENCE
  Date: 2005-2006
  Staff: Toni Rivero
  Funding: : Beca FIS
  Summary: Project leaded by the Health Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya in order to study the factors which are related to disability and dependence in Spain and its geographical distribution.
  
  
• ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROPOSALS FOR THE GERIATRIC ATENTION IN THE FUNDACIÓ HOSPITAL ASIL DE GRANOLLERS
  Date: 2006
  Staff: Antoni Salvà, Adela Boixadós
  Funding: : Fundació Hospital Asil de Granollers
  
  
• CHRONIC DISABILITIES ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT
  Date: 2005-2006
  Staff: Toni Rivero, Antoni Salvà, Marta Roqué
  Funding: : Imserso
  Summary: Development and validation of a chronic disabilities assessment instrument.
  
  
• MICROSIMULATION OF SUPPORT SCENARIOS FOR THE PLANNING OF THE LAW OF DEPENDENCE IN CATALONIA
  Date: 2006
  Staff: Toni Rivero
  Funding: : Prodep. Generalitat de Catalunya
  Summary: The aim of this project is to territorialize the predictions od the Libro Blanco de la Dependencia in relation to elegible people -according to severity rate- for the law of dependence in Catalonia, as well as the corresponding assignations of services and/or benefits.
  Publication: You can download the full report in the Prodep web site
  
  
• IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DEPENDENCE LAW IN SPAIN: MICROSIMULATION OF TERRITORIAL SCENARIOS
  Date: 2005-2006
  Staff: Toni Rivero, Antoni Salvà, Marta Roqué
  Funding: : Own
  Summary: Report sponsored by Agrupació Mútua, which includes a estimation of the number of dependent people in Spain.
  Publications: Book Escenarios territoriales de la Ley de apoyo a las personas con dependencia en España, see the publications section.
  
  
• SOCIAL SERVICES FOR ELDERLY WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS IN SPAIN
  Date: 2003-2004
  Coordinator: Toni Rivero
  Funding: : Edad & Vida
  Summary: Document of analysis of the state of the art and the organisational model of the care of the dependent people in Spain.
  Publications: The document can be downloaded in Edad & Vida's website.