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ON-GOING PROJECTS

• STUDY OF THE HEALTH STATUS OF THE INSTITUTIONALIZED
  Date: 2007-
  Staff: Xavier Rojano, Antoni Salvà
  Funding: Departament de Salut
  Summary: Epidemiological study that analyses the health status and its determinants in people livnig in long term care or short stay centers.
  
  
  
  

FINALISED PROJECTS

• STUDY OF THE OPINIONS AND PREFERENCES OF THE ELDERLY
  Date: 2008-
  Staff: Arturo Míguez, Antoni Salvà, Sara Domènech
  Funding: MUTUAM i Fundació Conviure
  Summary: Study that includes personal interviews to 400 people aged 65 or over living in the community. They are asked about their opinions and preferences about aspects about their daily life, and their interests in participating in activities which are advisable for a healthy aging and preventing disability.
  
  
• ESPI (ENQUESTA DE SALUT DE LES PERSONES INSTITUCIONALITZADES)
  Date: 2006-2008
  Staff: Xavier Rojano, Antoni Salvà, Laura Coll
  Funding: Departament de Salut
  Summary: Project at petition of the Pla de Salut. Direcció General de Planificació i Avaluació del Departament de Salut de la Generalitat de Catalunya. The survey is being made on a representative sample of people aged 65 and older, living in nursing homes or long term care centers in Catalonia.
  socio-sanitarias en Cataluña.
  
  
• ESTUDIO DE LA POBLACIÓN DE 75 Y MÁS AÑOS EN SENTMENAT
  Date: 2006
  Staff: Toni Rivero, Antoni Salvà, Artur Santacana, Jaume March, Joan Carles Rovira
  Funding: Diputación de Barcelona
  Summary: Joint study with the Sentmenat council, describing the population over 75 and the special risk situations.
  
• ESTUDIO DEL PROCESO DE ENVEJECIMIENTO EN ESPAÑA
  Date: 2005-2006
  Staff: Toni Rivero, Antoni Salvà, Marta Roqué
  Funding: Fundació Pfizer
  Summary: Study of the aging process in Spain. Based on the analyis of national health surveys (1987-2003)
  Publication: Evolución del proceso de envejecimiento de la población española y análisis de sus determinantes)
  
  
• QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE ELDERLY IN CATALONIA
  Date: 2004-2006
  Staff: Ramona Lucas, Antoni Salvà, Jaume March
  Funding: Fundació Viure i Conviure
  Summary: Epidemiological study that aims to know the perception of the elderly of their quality of life and the involved main socio-demographic and health determinants.
  
  
• AGING YEARBOOK
  Date: 2004
  Staff: Antoni Rivero
  Funding: Own
  Summary: Descriptive analysis of the situation of the elderly in Catalonia/Spain. Demographic, economic, social and health data, services for the elderly.
  Publications: In the documents section you can download the full document in PDF format.