TREATMENT UNIT
At the Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona, we offer day care treatments to ensure that people with cognitive impairment and/or dementia and their families receive comprehensive therapeutic care, using an interdisciplinary approach that can meet their needs, primarily during the early and middle stages of the disease.
Our professionals work with the aim of rehabilitating the user’s impaired cognitive functions and enhancing the ones that have remained intact, as well as providing support to their families and caregivers.
Our Day Care Unit is a daytime resource for people with cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s, or other dementias where non-pharmacological treatment and monitoring are provided to users in various areas. We implement the Comprehensive Psychostimulation Program (L. Tárraga, 1991) to help users remain cognitively and functionally independent for as long as possible.
We are the first therapeutic day center for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease on the peninsula. Our day center is a social service that provides daytime care to people with cognitive impairment or dementia. We take an interdisciplinary approach, meeting the needs of users in the early and moderate stages of the disease, and supporting their families.
We provide an appropriate environment tailored to individuals’ abilities and care needs, promoting the maintenance of personal and social autonomy.
The Day Center of Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona is authorized for 80 places, of which 57 are contracted with the Catalan Institute for Social Assistance and Services.
- Rehabilitate and restore deficits, stimulate to delay the progressive loss of memory and other abilities, optimize the person’s residual functional abilities, and alleviate and compensate for shortcomings.
- To delay or prevent the user’s institutionalization and keep them in their usual environment.
- To provide health education and offer information, advice, training, and support to families and caregivers on emotional coping and burden reduction.
- To promote coordination and collaboration with the necessary resources to establish the most accurate diagnosis possible.
- Cognitive stimulation therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Supervision and support with personal care and activities of daily living
- Specialized medical and nursing care
- Social care
- Periodic cognitive assessments
- Attention, support, and training for family members
- Nutrition
- Physical therapy
- Music therapy
The multidisciplinary team at the Day Center is made up of medical staff specializing in neurology, geriatrics, and psychiatry, as well as specialists in neuropsychology, psychology, nursing, social work, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and music therapy.
The Day Hospital is a social and health service that provides daytime care, prioritizing those under the age of 65.
The individual and their family benefit from comprehensive therapeutic care with an interdisciplinary approach capable of meeting the needs of the person and their family in the early and moderate stages of Alzheimer’s.
The Day Hospital is authorized for a total of 75 beds, of which 52 are contracted with CatSalut.
The objective is to provide continuous therapeutic care in the physical, psychological, and social aspects, as well as:
- Rehabilitate and restore deficits, stimulate to delay the progressive loss of memory and other abilities, optimize the person’s remaining functional abilities, and alleviate and compensate for shortcomings.
- Delay or prevent the user’s institutionalization and keep them in their usual environment.
- Provide health education and offer information, advice, training, and support to families and caregivers on emotional coping and burden reduction.
- Promote the formation of support and mutual aid groups.
- Foster coordination and collaboration with necessary resources to establish the most accurate diagnosis possible.
The Day Hospital for Dementia is authorized for a total of 75 beds, of which 52 are contracted with CatSalut. It offers the following services:
- Cognitive stimulation therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Supervision and support with personal care and activities of daily living
- Specialized medical and nursing care
- Social care
- Periodic cognitive assessments
- Attention, support, and training for family members
- Nutrition
- Physical therapy
- Music therapy
The multidisciplinary team at the Day Center is made up of medical staff specializing in neurology, geriatrics, and psychiatry, as well as specialists in neuropsychology, psychology, nursing, social work, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and music therapy.
Memory stimulation workshops are aimed at people diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment. This type of therapeutic intervention makes it possible to maintain cognitive abilities and functional autonomy in the person’s daily life despite memory loss for as long as possible.
The memory workshop groups are small, with a maximum of seven participants. Participants attend two weekly sessions lasting one and a half hours.
The objectives of the memory workshops at Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona are:
- Utilize the remaining learning abilities in individuals with cognitive impairment.
- Create a weekly routine by having the user attend the group.
- Ensure participation in structured cognitive activities.
- Provide a sense of well-being, reduce anxiety and depression, and improve quality of life.
- The group format promotes socialization and interaction.
How can I get a place at the Day Care Center or Day Hospital?
*To get a subsidized place at the Day Care Center, you must apply for the LAPAD (Law 39/2006 of 14 December 2006 on the Promotion of Personal Autonomy and Assistance for People in Situations of Dependence) procedure.
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Evaluation by a neurology or dementia specialist.
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Service suitability assessment by a social worker.
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Request an appointment
*To get a subsidized place at the Day Care Center, you must apply for the LAPAD (Law 39/2006 of 14 December 2006 on the Promotion of Personal Autonomy and Assistance for People in Situations of Dependence) procedure.
CONTACT US TO REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT
Day Care Center
Day Hospital
C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis – 08028 Barcelona Tel. 93 430 47 20 recepcio@fundacioace.org
C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis – 08028 Barcelona Tel. 93 430 47 20 assaigsclinics@fundacioace.org
C/ Gran Via de Carles III, 85 bis – 08028 Barcelona Tel. 93 222 00 18 recepcio@fundacioace.org
C/Numància, 117 – 08029 Barcelona Tel. 93 444 10 24 / 692 505 710 uad@fundacioace.org
C/Marquès de Sentmenat, 57 – 08029 Barcelona
Tel. 93 444 73 18