The development of care approaches centred on people's wishes and autonomy entails the need for resources and strategies that promote it.
Feliciano Villar Posada
Expert in Psychogerontology
- PhD in Psychology from the University of Barcelona
- Professor of Developmental Psychology in the Department of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology at the University of Barcelona.
- Director of the Official Interuniversity Master's Degree in Psychogerontology.
One of the focuses of his research is on the maintenance of rights and humanisation of care relationships in institutional settings where elderly people live. In this sense, she has proposed and developed the concept of narrative care to improve communication and treatment of people with dementia. She has also led a line of research focused on the study of intimate and sexual relationships in homes for the elderly that has resulted in an intervention guide for professionals.