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
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The Matia Gerontological Institute is the unit of Matia Fundazioa dedicated to creating applicable knowledge and its dissemination in society (R+D+i). A unique centre in the Basque Country, with 10 years of experience.
The objective of this Institute is to collaborate in the definition of new models of prevention, care and health, as well as in providing support during the changes associated with ageing and the development of business projects that add value and quality to ageing, creating new solutions based on the knowledge of each of the members of the foundation.
Year: 2020 to 2021 - Status: In progress
Year: 2020 to 2021 - Status: In progress
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.
Year: 2019 to 2020 - Status: In progress
Year: 2018 to 2019 - Status: Finished
Year: 2018 to 2019 - Status: Finished
Year: 2016 - Status: In progress
Professionals: Nerea Almazán, Sara Marsillas, Miren Iturburu, Ainara Tomasena, Pura Diaz-Veiga, Elena del Barrio, Mayte Sancho
Year: 2015 - Status: Finished
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.
Year: 2015 to 2017 - Status: Finished
Professionals: Erkuden Aldaz, Álvaro Garcia, Nerea GaldonaProfesionales Matia Instituto Gerontológico
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.
Year: 2015 - Status: Finished
FRAILTEK: New strategies for the development of tools and products aimed at the identification and assessment of frailty syndrome.
Year: 2015 to 2016 - Status: In progress
Professionals: Erkuden Aldaz
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.