Homelong-term care

long-term care

III Conference ‘Advances and challenges for a society facing Alzheimer's disease’

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Coinciding with the recent celebration of World Alzheimer's Day, the Community of Madrid and the Reina Sofía Foundation Alzheimer's Centre organised a conference on advances and challenges in Alzheimer's disease.

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1st Tenerife Island Congress on Social and Healthcare Experiences

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 Location: Tenerife

This first Tenerife Island Congress on Social and Healthcare Experiences, through its different sections, will focus not only on the importance of person-centred care, care experiences and new legislation, but will also allow us to create spaces for dialogue in which different professionals can share and discuss ways to improve people's quality of life.
Among the participants will be our colleague Penélope Castejón Villarejo, a researcher at the Matia Institute, who will give a presentation entitled: ‘Moving towards home-based and person-centred environments’.

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cuidAs webinar: Meaningful life and activity

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New online event as part of the Strategy for the Transformation of Long-Term Care for Adults in the Principality of Asturias (CuidAS).

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Care for people with Alzheimer's and their carers

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 Location: Amezketa

In this open and informal talk, we will discuss caring for people with Alzheimer's and the challenges faced by carers. Carers are often young family members, so this session is aimed at all ages and focuses on understanding, practical tools and the importance of solidarity.The event, led by our colleague Itziar Gurrutxaga, a trainer in basic training courses for family carers and a therapist on the Sendian programme, will take place at the Casa de Cultura Fernando Arnezketarra. Organised by: Amezketa Town Council, Elordi Jubilatu Elkartea and Matia Instituto.

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Reflecting on care. Long-term care and future responses

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In April, we travelled to Olaberria to discuss the process of transforming the long-term care model we have been working on, with care ecosystems and community work at the heart of the change. To this end, our colleague Maider Azurmendi will share with attendees a series of ideas and reflections on how to turn municipalities into environments that promote care, providing continuity to people's lifestyles, either in their own homes or, where this is not possible, in ‘home-like’ accommodation.

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Third International Congress on Home Care

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 Location: Fuenlabrada

The home care conference is a permanent forum for innovation and new technologies in social services promoted by the Fuenlabrada City Council, the National Distance Education University, and the State Association of Social Services Directors and Managers.

The event showcases new models of home care, tools, technologies and working methods that enable people who wish to do so to remain living in their own homes for as long as possible.

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Loneliness: a common issue

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 Location: Barakaldo

Training activity organised by the Innovation Unit of Cruces University Hospital (Barakaldo, Bizkaia) as part of its innovation sessions (#berripills). The speakers at the event were Roberto Nuño, Director of Matia Osasun (health services of the Matia Foundation) and Sara Marsillas, researcher at Matia Institute, who presented the work of the Matia Foundation and the research being carried out by Matia Institute in the field of unwanted loneliness.

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10th International Congress on Dependency and Quality of Life

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 Location: Barcelona

Under the title: ‘Caring Together, Caring Better’, this new edition of the Age and Life Congress will take place in the L'Illa Auditorium in Barcelona, in a hybrid format and with the possibility of following it via streaming.

The event will address the many difficulties, still present, to achieve adequate levels of integration of social and health services, for which we will have the opportunity to meet experiences from which we can learn and share knowledge.

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2nd Conference on Person-Centered Care: “When caring for someone becomes an art”

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 Location: Centelles (Barcelona)

Organized by the Pere Barnils Vocational Training Institute, with the support of the Centelles City Council, this meeting is designed to deepen knowledge, share experiences, and grow together in the field of social and health care.

The event, which will take place at Casal Francesc Macià in Centelles, brings together experts in changing perspectives and approaches to person-centered care in long-term care.

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Webinar Caring: Evaluation and design of environments for people with intense support needs

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Online event within the framework of the Strategy for the transformation of the long-term care model for adults in the Principality of Asturias (CuidAS).

Our colleague Elisa Pozo, head of architectural design at Matia Instituto, will be the speaker at a talk that will have the following blocks of content:

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