Nerea Galdona

Researcher

Nerea Galdona has her doctorate in Psychology from the University of the Basque Country (2011). Licentiate in Psychology, Master's in Psychosocial Intervention in Psychosocial Gerontology (2002) and Master's in Social Technology from the University of the Basque Country (2006).

His research focuses on the study of the emotional experiences and regulation and its influence on Subjective Wellbeing and Quality of Life throughout the life cycle, with special attention to ageing and the elderly. She also participates in several research projects related to the promotion of successful ageing and the prevention of frailty.

Her research has won awards on numerous occasions, including in 2005, with the Caja Madrid Research Award for the "Donostia Longitudinal Study on Alzheimer's disease: Efficacy of non-pharmacological therapies," in 2007 with the Fundación Colegio Huérfanos de Hacienda [Orphans College of Finance Foundation] (CHH) Research Prize for "Severe cognitive impairment: The forgotten” and in 2008 with the Infanta Cristina Award for “Subjective Dimensions of Ageing.”

nerea.galdona@matia.eus

Projects

INCARE

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

Amaia Olano, Iraia Aguirregabiria, Itziar Gurrutxaga , Maider Azurmendi, Miren Iturburu, Álvaro García Soler, Nerea Galdona

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PECE - Basic training for the caregiver

The Foral Decree 24/2017, of December 12, regulating the economic benefits of Law 39/2006, of December 14, on the Promotion of Personal Autonomy and Care for Dependent Persons aims to guarantee the quality of care provided to dependent persons, as well as to ensure the well-being and quality of l

Nerea Almazán, Mertxe Sánchez, Erkuden Aldaz, Nerea Galdona

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IN LIFE Project

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.

Erkuden Aldaz, Álvaro García Soler, Nerea GaldonaProfesionales Matia Instituto Gerontológico

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FRAILTEK

FRAILTEK: New strategies for the development of tools and products aimed at the identification and assessment of frailty syndrome.

Álvaro García Soler, Mayte Sancho, Nerea Galdona, Pura Diaz-Veiga

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ELDERBASK - Creating value for the development of an industry and services that respond to the challenge of ageing

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

Erkuden Aldaz, Miren Iturburu, Nerea Galdona

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Sendian Programm

Family care for people in situations of dependency is a major social challenge and a problem that is on the rise, as it generates a significant and progressive increase of the responsibility of the family to provide support and assistance, day after day, for a typically very long period, to a rel

Iraia Aguirregabiria, Itziar Gurrutxaga , Mertxe Sánchez, Nerea Galdona

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