Like many other cities, the urban centre of Fuenlabrada faces a number of challenges, including the deterioration of the housing stock, the closure of local businesses and an ageing rate above the city average.
Álvaro García Soler
Researcher
Doctorate in Psychology from the Autonomous University of Madrid (2013), Master's in Behaviour Therapy from the Therapeutic Institute in Madrid in 2006, he has worked as a researcher at the Autonomous University of Madrid and as a collaborator on projects with the King Juan Carlos University. Alvaro has done research in clinical psychology on learning processes in the clinical context, behaviour and cognition in the elderly, the development of assessment tools, the technological development of devices adapted for the elderly.
He currently works at the Fundación Matia Institute as a researcher on issues related to the gerontological field: dementia and behaviour disorders, development of personal development and wellbeing programmes, creation and validation of assessment tools and design focused on the user, as well as various national and international projects.
alvaro.garcia@matia.eus
Projects
This project aims to generate an itinerary for the transformation of residential centers towards Person-Centered Care.
Verónica Lozada Paz, Elisa Pozo Menéndez, Andrea Pozo, Paula García, Maria Francesca Cerdó i Pasqual, Penélope Castejón, Cristina Buiza, Erkuden Aldaz, Álvaro García SolerGeneral coordination: Gerardo Amunarriz, Marian Hernández, Gorka Alías, Kristina Etxeberria
SEE ME is an Erasmus + KA2 project which, through the development of a model and a set of training tools, aims to improve the quality of care and social inclusion of older people.
The Project "Supporting Inclusive Development of Community-Based Long-Term Care Services through Participatory Multi-Stakeholder Approaches (InCARE)" aims to promote participatory, innovative and integrated approaches to long-term care policy and service development by focusing on aspects that ar
Within Pasaia Herri Lab, together with the projects (AGASE, HAUSKOR, between Hurkoa and Adinkide and OK at home) and Pasaia City Council as promoter, Etxean Bizi is a fundamental piece in the generation of the necessary conditions, so that elderly people who need support and decide to continue li
At the end of 2019, the 'Dementia in Cultural Mediation' project was launched in Odense (Denmark), an initiative within the framework of the European Erasmus + programme, which seeks to gather information about the different artistic and cultural activities involving people with dementia in four
The EDEN project was born from the interest of having a common European approach to one of the social challenges on the horizon, such as the growing number of people with dementia in the region.
This study, like its predecessor, "Comer a gusto, vivir con calidad", aims to increase the well-being, nutrition and hydration o
The practice "Eating well, living with quality" is part of a process of institutional change of the care model and is developed from a participatory action-research approach. It is part of a broader institutional project in which actions at the organizational, architectural, training, etc.
FRAILTEK: New strategies for the development of tools and products aimed at the identification and assessment of frailty syndrome.
Existing flexible ICT solutions could assist elderly users with cognitive impairment in organising, carrying out and completing everyday tasks and constitute essential factors for continuing to be and A1:K20 independent. IN LIFE will offer all-around, personalised, multi-faceted existing ICT solutions and services addressing diverse daily activities (eating, physical activity, commuting, mental stimulation, communication, social interaction, etc.) to users with cognitive impairment living in their own home or in sheltered homes, as well as to their formal and informal carers.
Investigación colaborativa
Propuesta de análisis tentativo de la influencia de la edad en relación con determinadas suposiciones o consecuencias asociadas con la crisis del coronavirus.
Publications
22 October 2024
Elisa Pozo Menéndez, Enrike Etxeberria Lekuona , Paula García, Maria Francesca Cerdó i Pasqual, Cristina Buiza, Miren Iturburu, Álvaro García Soler, Pura Diaz-Veiga, Elena del BarrioAritz Berastegui, Nerea Iparraguirre
Proyecto:
Just like at home: Towards people-centered service provision.
Line of Knowledge:
21 December 2023
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SEE ME - Social inclusion through meaningful ageing
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03 November 2023
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INCARE
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05 July 2023
Proyecto:
SEE ME - Inclusión social a través del envejecimiento significativo
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17 May 2023
Proyecto:
INCARE
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27 March 2023
Proyecto:
SEE ME - Inclusión social a través del envejecimiento significativo
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09 February 2023
Proyecto:
Etxean Bizi
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10 January 2023
Proyecto:
SEE ME - Social inclusion through meaningful ageing
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05 October 2022
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04 April 2022
Proyecto:
Etxean Bizi
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01 April 2022
Proyecto:
DCUM - Demencia en Mediación Cultural
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05 July 2021
Proyecto:
EDEN - Embracing Dementia
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21 September 2020
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02 March 2020
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28 February 2020
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28 February 2020
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18 November 2019
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19 September 2019
Proyecto:
Euskadi Lagunkoia
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27 February 2018
Álvaro García SolerMaria Panou, Evangelos Bekiaris, Katerina Touliou
Proyecto:
IN LIFE Project
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22 February 2018
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31 October 2017
Álvaro García SolerDavid Facal Mayo, Unai Diaz-Orueta, Lucia Pigini, Lorenzo Blasi, Renxi Qiu
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12 November 2016
Álvaro García Soler, Pura Diaz-Veiga, Mayte SanchoNerea Suárez Pérez de Eulate, Gabriela Mondragón Olán
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27 February 2014
Cristina Buiza, Álvaro García SolerIván Sánchez-Iglesias, Javier Alaba, Ana Belén Navarro, Enrique Arriola, Amaia Zulaica, Raúl Vaca, Carmen Hernández
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01 January 2014
Álvaro García SolerEnrique Arriola, Cristina Buiza, Amaia Zulaica, Carmen Hernández
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Participation in forums
Fecha: 12.09.2024
Type: Congress
Fecha: 07.06.2023
Type: Congress
Fecha: 08.06.2022
Type: Conference
Fecha: 11.02.2022
Type: Conference
Fecha: 02.06.2021
Type: Congress
Contribution: Presentation
Fecha: 19.02.2020
Type: Others
Contribution: Presentation
Fecha: 12.09.2019
Type: Others
Contribution: Presentation
Fecha: 12.06.2019
Type: Congress
Contribution: Comunicación oral
Seminar "Advanced Applications of the AICP Model in Centres and Services and Evaluation of Results".
Fecha: 30.05.2019
Type: Seminar
Contribution: Presentation
Fecha: 30.11.2018
Type: Conference
Contribution: Presentation
Fecha: 18.09.2018
Type: Course
Contribution: Presentation
Fecha: 01.02.2018
Type: Conference
Contribution: Presentation
Contribution: Presentation
Blog posts
Dementia is a major public health challenge in relation to population aging, being one of the main causes of disability and dependence.
In this post we talk about the generation of practices accessible to all mediators that facilitate bringing the cultural and artistic experience closer t
According to the latest statistics published by Eurostat, the percentage of people in Europe with upper limb motor functional diversity is 6.4%.
Webinars
Dementia is a major public health ch