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Abstract:

This chapter deals with how to organize care for senior citizens who are still living in their own homes in Barcelona: from the more traditional model to the new proposals that are now being implemented. According to the city's socio-demographic survey in 2017, in Barcelona there would be 117 000 people with a significant lack of personal autonomy who would need help to carry out everyday activities. Administrative records indicate that 67 000 people are recognized by Act 39/2006 on the promotion of personal autonomy and care for dependent persons as having a degree of dependence or, where they do not have this, receiving the city's municipal Home Care Service (in Catalan Servei d'Atencio Domiciliaria, SAD); 85% of them are 65 years old or over. Barcelona City Council has promoted a new concept of SAD in order to provide it with a proximity perspective.