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ON-GOING PROJECTS

• CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY BENCHAMARKING
  Date: 2011
  Staff:Toni Rivero, Jordi González
  Funding: Diputació de Barcelona
  Summary: Construction of a set of indicators for the comparative evaluation of the performance of centres for the elderly with the goal of improving their quality management as far as active aging goes.
  
  
• GETTING THE AGENDA READY FOR 2012, ACTIVE AGING YEAR IN GAVÀ
  Date: 2011
  Staff:Toni Rivero, Jordi González,
  Funding: Ajuntament de Gavà
  Summary: Technical support to the Gavà city council for the definition of an agenda of interventions for the promotion of active aging in town within the framework of the european year of active aging.
  
  
• QUALITY INDICATORS IN CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY
  Date: 2010-2011
  Staff:Toni Rivero, Jordi González, Gabriela del Valle
  Funding: Diputació de Barcelona
  Summary: Proposal of quality indicatos for centres for the elderly, focused in the promotion of healthy aging and assessment of the results following EFQM
  Publication: Equipaments socioculturals per a gent gran
  
  
• BARCELONA CIUTAT AMIGA DE LA GENT GRAN
  Date: 2009-2011
  Staff: Mercè Pérez Salanova, Laura Coll i Planas
  Funding: Ajuntamentv de Barcelona
  Summary: This 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/

FINALISED PROJECTS

• 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.

• CAPLAB PROJECT
  Date: 2009
  Staff: Mercè Pérez Salanova
  Funding: Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo.
  Summary: The Institute belongs to the advisor council of the Caplab project, which has the aim to study in a quantitative and qualitative way the welfare at work of the people who are older than 50.
  
  
• DYNAMIZATION OF THE COUNCILS OF THE ELDERLY IN ASTURIAS
  Datea: 2008-2009
  Coordination: Mercè Pérez Salanova
  Funding: Principado de Asturias
  Summary: Technical assistance to the Principado de Asturias for the dynamization of the councils of the elderly.

• CONSULTING FOR THE ELDERLY PEOPLE PROGRAM OF "LA CAIXA"
  Date: 2007-2008
  Staff: Mercè Pérez Salanova, Laura Coll i Planas
  Funding: Fund. Obra Social "La Caixa
  Summary: Technical consulting for the program “Gent Gran” of the Fundació Obra Social “La Caixa”.
  

• STUDY OF PUBLIC SUPPORT TO NON-PROFESSIONAL CARE TO DEPENDENT PEOPLE IN BARCELONA
  Date: 2008-2009
  Staff: Toni Rivero- Gabriela Gómez-Jordi Gonzàlez-Sara Domenech- Alex Domingo
  Funding: Àrea de Benestar de la Diputació de Barcelona
  Summary: Study of public support to non-professional caregivers in relation to their current needs. The study aims to analyze the public service demand of non-professional caregivers and their perceptions about available resources and possible improvement actions or new service creation.
  
  
• 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: Study of the factors that affect participation of the elderly in cultural and social facilities.
  
  
• INTEGRATION OF THE 39/2006 ACT WITH BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES
  Date: 2009
  Staff: Toni Rivero, Rosa Maria Alemany, Gabriela Gómez, Jordi González, Alex Domingo
  Funding: Àrea de Benestar. Diputació de Barcelona
  Summary: Writing of a work document about challenges, limitations and issues that have arised from the integration of the 39/2006 act on basic social services, bearing in mind the deployment of the 12/2007 social services act in Catalonia.
  
  
• TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO THE PRODEP PARTICIPATION BOARD
  Date: 2009
  Staff: Toni Rivero, Mercè Pèrez Salanova, Toni Vilà, Alex Domingo
  Funding: PRODEP. Generalitat de Catalunya
  Summary: Technical support and work group improvement for the PRODEP participation board in order to diagnose and give recommendations for the deployment of the 39/2006 Act in Catalonia
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• 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.
  
  
• AUTOGO
  Date: 2006
  Staff: Mercè Pérez Salanova, Esther Pàrraga
  Funding: Imserso
  Summary: Desarrollando la participación de las personas mayores. Oportunidades y retos de la implantación de la Ley de promoción de la autonomía personal y atención a las personas en situación de dependencia en los servicios de atención domiciliaria: Study about how the elderly, family carers and professionals feel abou the participation in the home care services, exploring at the same time their concepts and practices.

• SOCIAL URBAN EXCLUSION
  Date: 2004-2007
  Staff: Mercè Pérez
  Funding: CICYT
  Summary: Collaboration in the CICYT project about social urban exclusion. Analysis of districts of Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Murcia and Sevilla that includes the elderly living alone as one of the collectives at risk
  
  
• ELDERLY WOMEN, COTIDIANITY AND PARTICIPATION. STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE ACTIVE AGING
  Date: 2005-2006
  Staff: Mercè Pérez
  Funding: Imserso
  Summary: This 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.
  
  

• RED VULNERABILIDAD IMSERSO
  Date: 2005-2006
  Staff: Mercè Pérez Salanova, Toni Rivero
  Funding: Imserso
  Summary: Setting up and coordination of the "Aging and vulnerability" network, promoted by IMSERSO.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• MAP OF THE ELDERLY COUNCILS OF BARCELONA
  Date: 2005-2006
  Staff: Mercè Pérez
  Funding: Ajuntament de Barcelona
  Summary: Collection of the activities and functioning features of the Councils and Comissions of elderly of the districts of Barcelona, and the Advisor Council of the Elderly. Includes also the point of view of the technicians, the counselors and representatives of the elderly of the 10 districts of Barcelona.
  
  
• PROGRAMA URB-AL
  Date: 2004-2006
  Staff: Mercè Pérez
  Summary: Project "The local administration as guarantee of care to the elderly, and generator of new occupational areas. Interchange of experiences, revision of policies and new proposals" Project coordinated by the Consell Comarcal de l'Alt Empordà, with participating city-councils from Bolivia, Brazil, Spain, Italy and Perú. The objective is to promote the integration of economic and occupational promotion policies and care for the elderly. The Institute is in charge of the evaluation
  Web: www.urbal10mayores.org
  
  
• SOCIAL URBAN EXCLUSION
  Date: 2004-2007
  Staff: Mercè Pérez
  Funding: CICYT
  Summary: Collaboration with the CICYT project about Social Urban Exclusion. Analysis about neighborhoods in Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Murcia and Sevilla which includes elderly living alone as a risk group.