Elena del Barrio

The concept of "Ageing in place", which has influenced ageing policies since the 1990s, nowadays goes hand in hand with the notion of age-friendliness. To promote ageing at home, spaces must be designed in a friendly way, taking into account the needs of ageing people.

This longitudinal study will monitor the Basque population aged 70 and over residing in the community. It will examine the same people over an extended period of time to analyse the ageing process, assess changes, and understand the differences between the different groups.

The carrying out of a specific survey on the living conditions of people aged 55 and over in the Basque Country allows the Basque Government to continue with successive previous studies on the reality of older people in this Autonomous Community.

Intergenerational community development project funded by the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa and implemented by Matia Institute and Adinkide, which seeks to work on the inclusion of people at risk of social exclusion involving different community agents in both the search for solutions and their

Matia Instituto collaborates with Fundación Caja Navarra to facilitate the change towards a more participative model of Senior Citizen Centres.

Quantitative studies on the ageing population of the Basque Country have their origin in the 1993 Senior Survey, conducted under the 1994 Gerontological Plan by the Basque Government.

Caring for people is an issue that, despite being of great importance, is currently not given as much visibility as we would like.

This project is a contribution to the development and refinement of the model of care for elderly people currently being developed by different institutions and agents in Spain, the so-called integrated model based on the person1.