RAPP is a 3-year research project (2013-2016) funded by the European Commission through its FP7 programme. The RAPP project will provide an open source software platform to support the creation and delivery of robotic applications.
Psychosocial area
This area of specialisation, psychosocial interventions, is more psychological or neuropsychological, "fundamental" in the applied perspective and related to the next area that aims to develop knowledge about what happens in everyday life, to: be able to "measure" what happens there in its various dimensions and to generate interventions to maximise the autonomy of people both through activation of their own capabilities as well as external elements that strengthen them. This line focuses on two main areas: neurosciences (neurodegenerative diseases) and the geriatric syndrome of frailty. Matia Institute aims to:
- Study and understand the personal resources, internal and external (environmental) processes that the elderly activate to maximize their capacities, with the aim of developing assessment and intervention tools and instruments that facilitate them.
- Doing it from a "green" perspective:
- In the place where these processes are developed (the house, the neighbourhood, etc.).
- With a look into everyday life.
- From a transversal and integrated perspective.
- For ageing people without disabling conditions ("normal ageing") and for people in situations of fragility and/or with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
Proyectos
Traditionally different names have been used to refer to changes that occur at different ages in cognitive functioning, however, the concept of mild cognitive impairment came about in the 1990s, as defined by Petersen (2004). This concept is currently the most widely used.
The ELDERBASK project, funded by the ETORTEK Programme of the Basque Government, is posed with an integrative view of technological capabilities (IK4 and TECNALIA), and geriatric are (Matia Gerontological Institute and BIOEF), and has as its ultimate goal the development of an industry and servic
Developed societies are facing a new structuring of models of coexistence that generate a growing number of people living alone along their life paths.
What's the cyberphysical system?
The EXTENSOR project addresses a relevant problem, musculoskeletal disorders are the first cause of sick leave and represent 45.8% of the cost of occupational diseases in the Basque Country.
Publicaciones
Infographs: Covid-19 and Demencia series
21 September 2020
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Bakardadeak: exploring loneliness among the aging elderly in Gipuzkoa. Summary.
01 June 2020
Proyecto:
Bakardadeak
Línea de actuación:
Bakardadeak: exploring loneliness among the elderly aging in Gipuzkoa
01 June 2020
Proyecto:
Bakardadeak
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Program to alleviate gender-based violence at the end of life
05 March 2020
Línea de actuación:
Meaningful daily activity for people with dementia.
25 June 2019
Línea de actuación:
Global cognitive assessment in Basque-speaking people with dementia in advanced stages. Validation of the Severe Mini Mental State Examination (SMMSE-eus) scale in Basque.
03 July 2018
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From user needs and requirements to use cases of ICT services for elderly people with cognitive disabilities.
27 February 2018
Álvaro García SolerMaria Panou, Evangelos Bekiaris, Katerina Touliou
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IN LIFE Project
Línea de actuación:
To live is to discover myself
22 February 2018
Línea de actuación:
RAPP: A Robotic-Oriented Ecosystem for Delivering Smart User Empowering Applications for Older People
01 January 2016
Miren IturburuSofia E. Reppou, Emmanouil G. Tsardoulias, Athanassios M. Kintsakis, Andreas L. Symeonidis2, Pericles A. Mitkas, Fotis E. Psomopoulos, George T. Karagiannis, Cezary Zielinski, Vincent Prunet, Jean-Pierre Merlet, Alexandros Gkiokas
Línea de actuación:
Is older adult care mediated by caregivers’ cultural stereotypes? The role of competence and warmth attribution
01 January 2016
Pura Diaz-VeigaRocío Fernández Ballesteros, Antonio Bustillos, Marta Santacreu, Rocio Schettini, Carmen Huici
Línea de actuación:
Adaptation and validation of the Spanish version of the pain assessment scale in people with advanced dementia: PAINAD-Sp.
27 February 2014
Cristina Buiza, Álvaro García SolerIván Sánchez-Iglesias, Javier Alaba, Ana Belén Navarro, Enrique Arriola, Amaia Zulaica, Raúl Vaca, Carmen Hernández
Línea de actuación:
Brief assessment of cognitive status in advanced dementia: preliminary results of the Spanish validation of the Severe Mini-Mental State Examination.
21 March 2011
Cristina BuizaAna Navarro, Unai Diaz-Orueta, Mari Feli Gonzalez, Javier Alaba, Enrique Arriola, Carmen Hernández, Amaia Zulaica, José Javier Yanguas
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Participación en Foros
AfundaciónTV Cycle "Emotions and loneliness": Colloquium "(Re)knowing loneliness" with Mayte Sancho, Sara Marsillas and Daniel Prieto
On 19th May we will talk on AfundaciónTV about ageism: stereotypes, feelings and discriminatory treatment towards the elderly (or young people) because of their age, with Elena del Barrio, within the cycle Emotions and Solitudes.
On 5 November, the fifth EDEtik Dialogues & Learnings meeting was held under the title "Care for carers in the new normality".
"Conversations for Health" is an initiative promoted by the Health Literacy Interest Group.
The Dutch Society of Gerontology offers this seminar dedicated to the phenomenon of loneliness with two very interesting lectures:
Thematic day, organised by the Red Cross, aimed at professionals in the sector, with conferences, experiences and workshops, in which topics such as loneliness, longevity, and the change of model and care with regard to the elderly will be dealt with.
The phenomenon of unwanted loneliness in the elderly is felt by this group as one of the most important situations or problems, making it a highly relevant problem that requires public attention.
Conference given by Dr. Lori Thompsom, clinical psychologist in the palliative care unit of the Matía Foundation, which will address topics such as:
Presentation of the technical guide and training programme on social animation for the quality of life of older people and people with functional diversity living in institutions, developed in the framework of the SALTO project.
Workshop given by Cristina Buiza, researcher and psychologist at Matia, which offers another look at behavioural disorders in dementia from the approach of Person-Centred Care (PCA).
On the occasion of the celebration of the International Day of Disability on 3 December, the Basque Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology "Zahartzaroa" is organising a conference dedicated to tackling a challenge that we are facing more and more frequently in Gerontology: What can we do to pr
The Official College of Psychologists of Madrid and the Spanish Association of Psychogerontology (AEPG) are organising this conference, in collaboration with the IMSERSO, to seek ways of union and synergies between psychogerontology and neuropsychology.
Loneliness is a social phenomenon and a deeply personal experience that makes it complex to address. Unwanted loneliness has become a public health problem to which Madrid City Council has been responding through various initiatives such as the Madrid City of Care Plan.
It is estimated that around 9 millio
On Monday 7 September at 17:30h we invite you to the webinar "Let's talk about loneliness: What does the evidence point to? Main reflections and findings of the Bakardadeak study".
The conference "Loneliness, ageing and gender" is organised by the gerontology research group of the University of Barcelona and aims to reflect on the diversity of situations of unwanted loneliness in older people and the impact of public policies in addressing them.
On 18 May at 6 p.m., the Xempelar Etxea in Errenteria will host this conference organised by the associations Duintasuna and Gipuzkoako Senideak in which our colleague Nerea Galdona, researcher at Matia Instituto and coordinator of programmes such as Sendian and PECE, will participate with an "Ap
Participation in AFundación with talks on emotions and how to manage them in order to live better.
Christmas is approaching, a family time, a time of reunion with family or friends who live far away. And precisely because of this, we all, in one way or another, are more aware of the empty chairs we have at home.