On behalf of the Programme Committee of the 10th International Congress on Dependency and Quality of Life ‘Caring Together, Caring Better’, we welcome you to this new edition, once again on site in the l'Illa Auditorium in Barcelona, the 11th and 12th November 2025. Like previous editions and with the aim of reaching out more people, it will be possible to follow it via Internet streaming.
After nine editions, we continue to see the many difficulties in achieving adequate levels of integration of social and health services offered to dependent elderly people with multiple chronic pluripahologies. This occurs both in our country and, to a varying degree, in the twenty or so countries, from three continents, that have participated in the total number of editions of the congress since 2007. It is for this reason that it is necessary to persevere in identifying experiences from which we can learn and share knowledge. This is what we hope to achieve in this congress, and this is the driver that has inspired the drafting of the programme
The context of the two previous congresses was determined by COVID-19. This year's congress will coincide in our country - among others - with a time when, in addition to the difficulties in recruiting and retaining carers, auxiliary staff, nurses, doctors and other professionals in the social and health fields, there is also a lack of financing for the services that make up the welfare state. Salaries, and most markedly those of carers, are insufficient and unattractive. In reality, these are two sides of the same coin.
It is perhaps surprising that in this introduction we refer to the international political situation. This is an important variable insofar as, if it leads to an increase in defence spending in Europe, it cannot be excluded that this will largely be at the expense of the already insufficient public social and health budgets. It is to be hoped that the much-vaunted idea of ‘rethinking’ the welfare state and others derived from it, such as the promotion of public-private partnerships, will take on renewed prominence.
The opening session of the 10th International Congress on Dependence and Quality of Life ‘Caring Together, Caring Better’ will feature people with a high degree of physical dependence, and with dementia in its early stages, who will talk to us about how they see their future. We will also give a voice to informal carers and to an elderly person who, at 86 years of age, is still a mountaineer. We think it is good for professionals to listen to these people talking about what they want their lives to be like, how they want and/or will want to be cared for and looked after, what their expectations, hopes, wishes, fears are.
There will be four main modules, which will form the core of the congress, twelve parallel sessions and innovative activities to address various topics of interest.
The speakers, as always, will be of the highest national and international calibre, with the intention of continuing to be the leading congress on social and health integration in Spain.
Module 1, ‘Beyond social and health care, an integrated approach to sustainability’, symbolises our desire to be ambitious despite the difficulties in integrating these two areas. The approach of architects and urban planners to aspects such as the dimension and community integration of older people, whether living at home or in a nursing home, is of high added value. We will listen to Jan Goddaer from Flanders with experience in integrating small residences into the community. Eleni Hatzidimitriadou will present the CASCADE project from the UK, which reuses disused public housing to provide care for elderly people with senile dementia in an integrated way and interacting with the community. This project also includes an advanced telemedicine hub seeking excellence in the comprehensive approach to this type of dementia. Elisa Pozo, architect, will present the projects ‘Lugaritz’ and ‘Fuenlabrada’, promoting adapted and personalised cities, buildings and housing with special emphasis on common spaces as meeting and interaction points.
Module 2 "Revisiting some models of social and health integration. Lights and shadows” will bring us up to date with the systems of integrated social and health care in Italy, the United Kingdom and Sweden. The chosen speakers: Marco Inzitari (Italy), Oriol Fuertes (United Kingdom) and Monica Wahlström (Sweden), as well as being familiar with the systems in these countries, know and work or have worked in the Spanish system.
With Module 3 ‘The ABC of social and health care: practical experiences’, we will move from the systemic level to specific regional territorial experiences (Castilla y León and Catalonia) and a micro-country such as Andorra. These are integration experiences - ongoing and evaluated or under evaluation - referring to parts of these territories or to the whole. Dr. Eva Heras will present the APTITUDE Programme of Andorra, which allows early detection (through social and health indicators) and thus preventive action, of situations of dependency/fragility. Joan Carles Contel (with Conxita Barbeta and Rosa Fumas) will explain the introduction of the so-called ‘social viewer’ (a battery of social situation indicators) in the clinical history in Catalonia. Rosa Ana Blach will present a practical experience from Castilla y León on how technological development and innovation favour the integration of social and health services.
Module 4, ‘The care dividend or how investing in social and health integration is investing in sustainability’, will be led by British speaker Jonathan Cylus (London School of Economics and Political Science), who will highlight the idea of thinking about economic ‘benefits’, yes, but also social and health “benefits”, thus clarifying the concept of social and health ‘expenditure’.
As in previous editions, there will be twelve parallel sessions, dedicated to problems, proposals, experiences and topics of interest that bring added value to the integration of social and health services, with the aim of improving the quality of life and well-being of dependent elderly people.
Below we present the programme with the different speakers and moderators, persons in the latter case, carefully chosen with the aim of maximising the potential of the speakers, encouraging debate and enriching the sessions.
We look forward to seeing you.
Dr. Josep María Via i Redons
President X International Congress on Dependency and Quality of Life
President
Fundación Edad&Vida
Director of the Integrated Social and Health Care Driving Team
Director General for Older People, Department of Social Rights and Inclusion, Government of Catalonia
Member of the Strategic Management of Integrated Care of the General Directorate of Health Planning and Research
Director of Social Services at the Town Hall of Vilafranca del Penedès
Mission Officer' in 'Health Risk Management' in Relyens Francia
Coordinator of the Management Matters Observatory of the Catalan Society for Health Management
Clinical researcher in Primary Care
PhD in Architecture at Matia Institute
08:30h
Opening Secretariat – Delivery of documentation
09:30 - 10:15 h
Institutional Inauguration Ceremony
Auditorium
Mr. Joaquim Borrás. Chairman, Fundación Edad&Vida
Mr. Jordi Amblàs. Director of Integrated Care and Chronic Conditions at the Department of Health, and Co-Head of Integrated Social and Health Care (AISS) at the Government of Catalonia
Mr. Raúl Moreno. Secretary General of the Department of Social Rights and Inclusion of the Government of Catalonia
Dear. Mr. Soufian Laroussi Akhrif. Deputy Representative for Social Sustainability, Life Cycle, and Community for the Barcelona Provincial Council
Dear. Mr. Pedro Aguilera. Commissioner for Citizen Participation of the Barcelona City Council
10:15 - 10:30 h
Introduction to the Congress Program
Auditorium
Dr. Josep Maria Via i Redons. President of the Congress Programme Committee
10:30 - 11:30 h
Opening session:
Listening and understanding the importance of people
Auditorium
President:
Mayte Sancho Castiello. Director General of the Institute for the Elderly and Social Services (IMSERSO)
Moderator:
Josep De Marti. Founder of Inforesidencias.com
Speakers:
Marc Alis. Architect specialized in accessibility and universal design
Gabriela Paz Miño. Caretaker and journalist
Ildefonso Fernández. Member of CEAFA's PEPA programme
Àngels Bahí. Finalist for the Active Health Award and member of the Council for the Elderly
11:30 - 12:00 h
Coffee-Break
12:00 - 14:00 h
Module 1
Beyond social and health, a holistic approach to sustainability
Auditorium
President:
German Bandrés. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nimonter
Moderator:
Elisa Pozo. Architect and founding partner of Mita Atelier. Researcher at Matia Institute.
Speakers:
Eleni Hatzidimitriadou. Professor of Community Psychology and Public Mental Health, and Director of Research and Enterprise of the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Social Assistance, Canterbury Christ Church University
Jan Goddaer. Residential Center Director of Kortrijk (Cortrique) WZC De Weister and WZC De Zon
Marcelo Galetti. Educator and head of the Innovation in Development Service, Diaconia Valdese
14:00 - 15:30 h
Lunch
15:30 - 17:30 h
Module 2:
Reviewing Integrated Care models: lights and shades
Auditorium
President:
Carmen Gimeno. Deputy Chief Executive Officer of VidaCaixa
Moderator:
Joan Carles Contel. Program committee member and Member of the Strategic Management of Integrated Care of the General Directorate of Health Planning and Research
Speakers:
Oriol Fuertes. CEO de QIDA and member of the Advisory Council of PAISS
Integrated care: What works and what doesn't; England and National perspectives
Marco Inzitari. Managing Director of Pere Virgili Health Park and Associate Professor of Ageing at the UOC
Integrated care in Italy: experiences and lessons learned
Monica Wahlström. Strategist and Head of the Department of Development and Research focused on Social Services in Västerbotten
The integration of primary care and social and health services – an example from Sweden and its depopulated areas
17:30 - 19:00 h
PARALLEL SESSIONS:
Table 1: Viable utopias: the search for a purposeful life as the cornerstone of a new approach to social and health care
Auditorium
President:
Ana Pastor. Director of the Mutual Insurance Group
Moderator:
Pedro Cano. Director General for Older People, Department of Social Rights and Inclusion, Government of Catalonia
Speakers:
Merce Pérez Salanova. PhD. Lecturer and researcher at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Listen and understand the importance of people
Javier Yanguas. Psychologist, gerontologist and scientific director of the Senior Citizens Programme at the Fundació ”la Caixa”
Why talk about “meaning” in old age now?
Jose Augusto Garcia Navarro. Geriatrician, former president of the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (SEGG), expert in social and healthcare integration
Table 2: Between the classroom and practice: challenges in training caregivers
Room 1
President:
Arcadi Gual Sala Rector of Abat Oliba CEU University (UAO CEU)
Moderator:
Teresa Álvarez Perdices. Director of Corporate Social Responsibility and Manager of the Quirónsalud Foundation
Speakers:
Marina Verano de la Torre. Nurse specialising in geriatric nursing and continuity of care nurse at the Fundación Jiménez Díaz
The importance of caring for the carer: Caregivers Project by the Quirón Foundation
Carmen Galán. Head of Service of the Coordination Unit for Studies and Technical Support at the Institute for the Elderly and Social Services (IMSERSO)
Context of training and qualification in the field of care. Professional certification in long-term care
Patricia Celi. Technical Coordinator of the Age&Life Projects
Study of the training needs of social and healthcare professionals in the field of dependency in Spain
Núria Roselló. Coordinator of the Northern Zone of the L'Onada Serveis residential group
Onboarding and Exellence professional development programme. Successful experience.
Table 3: Strategic governance for social and healthcare coordination: challenges and obstacles
Room 2
President:
Ramon Massaguer Meléndez. Chief Executive Officer of the Puigvert Foundation
Moderator:
Raúl Muñiz García. Manager of Sagrat Cor University Hospital
Speakers:
Gema Luque Granado. Department of Planning and Innovation in Social Services. Regional Ministry of Social Inclusion, Youth, Families and Equality. Regional Government of Andalusia
Strategic governance for social and healthcare coordination: challenges and obstacles
Gabriel Almagro Montes de Oca. Chairman of the Andalusian Dependency Forum (FADE)
With your can and my want, let's go together, buddy.
Valentín Sola. President of the Almeria Federation of Associations of Persons with Disabilities (FAAM)
“The social value of the care economy.” Intermediate care as a model for social and health care coordination.
Table 4: A preventive approach to chronicity and dependency
Room 3
President:
Josep Carné Teixidó. Presidente de la Federación de Asociaciones de Personas Mayores de Cataluña-FATEC
Moderator:
Juan Manuel Pérez Castejón. Head of Geriatric Services at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and Vice-President of the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (SEGG)
Speakers:
Esther Limón. Family doctor at Ronda Prim, Mataró-7, ICS, and treasurer of the CAMFiC Board
The role of the family physician in preventing COPD throughout life
José Antonio Forcada Segarra. Public Health Nurse. Vaccine expert. President of the National Association of Nursing and Vaccines (ANENVAC).
Best practices in vaccinating older adults
Javier Burgos. Advanced Practice Nurse in COPD. Bellvitge University Hospital
Every Exacerbation Counts - Breaking the Cycle in COPD: Prevent More to Depend Less
08:30h
Opening Secretariat – Delivery of documentation
09:00 - 11:00 h
Module 3:
Focus on Fundamentals of Integrated Health and Social Care: Best Practices
Auditorium
President:
Marcos Ruvira. Commercial Director of Campofrío Spain
Moderator:
Xavier Mate. Director Territorial Barcelona-Vallès de Quironsalud
Speakers:
Joan Carles Contel. Program committee member and Member of the Strategic Management of Integrated Care of the General Directorate of Health Planning and Research
Conxita Barbeta. Director of the Integrated Social and Health Care Driving Team
Integrated health and social care in Catalonia
Eva Heras. Head of Aging and Health Service, Servei Andorrà d’Atenció Sanitaria
ICOPE Andorra: towards an integrated care model to anticipate dependency
Rosa Ana Blach Rivera. Head of the Personal Assistance Service of the INTRAS Foundation. Lecturer at the University of Valladolid
Support coordinator and personal assistant: innovative roles in social and health care
11:00 - 11:30 h
Coffee-Break
11:30 - 13:30 h
Module 4:
The Care Dividend: investing today for a sustainable tomorrow
Auditorium
President:
Xavier Gómez Batiste. Scientific Director of the Comprehensive Care Programme for People with Advanced Diseases at the “la Caixa” Foundation
Moderator:
Carles Blay. Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia
Speakers:
Jonathan Cylus. Senior health economist in the WHO Barcelona Office and the head of the London hub of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
The Care Dividend – Why and How Countries Should Invest in Long-Term Care
13:30 - 14:00 h
CONFERENCE:
Promoting social and health integration: the role of the Ministries of Health and Social Rights
Auditorium
President:
Dr. Josep Maria Via i Redons. President X International Congress on Dependency and Quality of Life
Moderator:
Honourable Mr. Carles Campuzano. Former Minister for Social Rights and Chairman of the Health Committee of the Parliament of Catalonia
Speakers:
Her Excellency Ms. María Rosa Martínez Rodríguez. Secretary of State for Social Rights
Her Excellency Mr. Javier Padilla Bernáldez. Secretary of State for Health
14:00 - 16:00 h
Lunch
16:00 - 17:30 h
PARALLEL SESSIONS:
Table 5: The future of social and healthcare integration: the key role of public-private partnerships
Auditorium
President:
Jorge Guarner. Chairman of Healthcare Assets
Moderator:
Juan Carlos Rodríguez. Corporate Director of Clients and Digital Transformation at DomusVi
Speakers:
Manel Peiró. Director of the Institute for Healthcare Management at EsadeGov and director of the Executive Master's in Healthcare Organisation Management (EMDOS) at ESADE
Requirements for high-quality public-private partnerships
Óscar Álvarez López. Director General of Care for the Elderly and Dependent Persons of the Community of Madrid
Carolina Homar Cruz. Secretary of Social Affairs and Inclusion of the Government of Catalonia
José Repiso Torres. Deputy Minister for Social Inclusion, Youth, Families and Equality of the Regional Government of Andalusia. Managing Director of the Andalusian Agency for Social Services and Dependency.
Antonio Acevedo Prado. Director General of Elderly Care and Social Healthcare Services of the Regional Government of Galicia
Caminando hacia un nuevo modelo de cuidados en Galicia
Table 6: Caring for dependent elderly people with chronic conditions: keys to responding to needs at the local level
Room 1
President:
Josep Mayoral i Antigas. Chairperson of the Health and Social Consortium of Catalonia
Moderator:
Enrique Díaz Renovales National Business Development Manager, SERVEO
Speakers:
Teresa Pacheco. Deputy Director General of Social and Health Care. Directorate General for Social and Health Care Coordination. SERMAS. Community of Madrid
Beyond analysis: social and healthcare responses in the Community of Madrid
Oihane Jiménez Santa Cristina. Head of Community Action Services, Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council
Natalia Masegosa Codesal. Head of the Home Help Services Department of Madrid City Council
Challenges and opportunities in caring for dependent persons at the municipal level
José Luis García Martín. Eighth Deputy Mayor of Seville City Council. Department of Priority Neighbourhoods, Social Rights, Employment, Family, Equality and Associations, and the East-Alcosa-Torreblanca District.
Table 7: Healthy ageing
Room 2
President:
Luis de Ulibarri. President of SERENIA CAPITAL
Moderator:
Clara Armengol. Director of Sustainability and Communication at VidaCaixa
Speakers:
Nina Gramunt. Neuropsychologist specialising in training and outreach. Pasqual Maragall Foundation
Ageing and brain health. Prevention is better than cure.
Cristina Bellido. Director of VidaCaixa Business
José Vila. Professor of Economics at the University of Valencia. Scientific advisor to BECOmodels and DevStat.
Healthy finances for longevity
Table 8: Therapeutic adherence in dependent persons: a shared challenge for health and social care systems
Room 3
President:
Noemi Cullell. Manager of social and healthcare services for the Catalonia region at Eulen Servicios Sociosanitarios
Moderator:
Miguel Ángel Manzano. Head of Basic Social Services Support at the Barcelona Provincial Council
Speakers:
Lorena David. CEO of the Valencian Community company Ates a Casa SL and representative of EVONDOS from Finland (www.evondos.es)
Beyond the prescription: therapeutic adherence as the key to independence and quality of life at home
Esther Franquet. Director Nurse at the Puigvert Foundation
VINCLE: Knowledge Networks, Autonomy, and Shared Responsibility in Renal Care
Sarai Cuevas. Family and Community Nurse. Director of the CAPI Baix-a-Mar Comprehensive Primary Care Team (Vilanova i la Geltrú)
Seamless care: When health and social services meet in the living room
Rakel San Sebastian Beristain. Director General of the Adinberri Foundation of the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa
17:30 - 19:00 h
PARALLEL SESSIONS:
Table 9: The treatment of older people in the context of care
Auditorium
President:
José Luis Fernández Santilla. President of the Spanish Confederation of Senior Citizens' Organisations (CEOMA)
Moderator:
Íñigo Estelles. Head of Communications and Programme Team at the Directorate-General for Care for the Elderly and Dependent Persons of the Community of Madrid
Speakers:
Begoña Román. Associate professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Barcelona
The complexity of care: beyond rights and person-centred care
Maritza Brizuela. Managing Director, Pilares Foundation
From commitment to action: designing a network architecture for the proper treatment of older persons from a rights-based approach in public care services
Sema Pérez Fernández. Technical Care Director at DomusVi
Table 10: The challenge of providing quality care: supervising home care services in a complex context
Room 1
President:
Eduardo Vidal. Member of Edad&Vida and Administrator of Zanzi Partners Group
Moderator:
José Antonio Hernández. Partner in Health Strategy and Innovation, Social Policy and Public Sector at Crowe
Speakers:
Laia Martín Solsona. CIAS COM 2001
Comprehensive quality analysis in the SAD
Rosa Martín i Niubó. Municipal Institute of Social Services - Barcelona City Council
Quality control model for outsourced social services in Barcelona applied to the SAD
Judith Andreu Gonzalez. Senior Manager. Serveo Social - Regional Management Catalonia
Table 11: Senior living in Spain: from concept to implementation
Room 2
President:
Ignacio Fernández-Cid President of the Business Federation for Dependency (FED)
Moderator:
Rodrigo Rama. Consultant and expert on issues related to gerontology and human resources management
Speakers:
Victòria Coll Bertrán. Executive Director of the Social Area of the Health and Social Consortium of Catalonia
Living in a community in old age
Laura Parrado. Director, Adela Barquín Building. Family and Social Welfare Foundation
Philippe Morin. CEO Clariane España
Senior Living and Clariane's experience in Torrequebrada
Pilar Rey Conde. User of a Senior Living project
Table 12: The key role of the dietitian-nutritionist in addressing malnutrition and dysphagia in senior centers
Room 3
President:
Cinta Pascual. Managing Director of L'Onada Serveis and Chairwoman of ACRA
Moderator:
Marta León León Head of Nutrition Department, Campofrío Health Care
Speakers:
Roser Martí Cid. Dietitian-Nutritionist and President of the Association of Dietitians-Nutritionists of Catalonia (CODINUCAT).
Impact of incorporating dietitians and nutritionists in senior centers: investing in health
Núria Mallén. Dietitian-Nutritionist and spokesperson for the Association of Dietitians-Nutritionists of Catalonia (CoDiNuCat)
The role of dietitians-nutritionists in senior care centers: current reality and healthcare challenges
Pere Clave. Director of Research, Innovation and Academic Development. Mataró Hospital
19:00 - 19:00 h
Closing ceremony
Auditorium
Director General of Senior Citizens and Social and Health Care of the Xunta de Galicia
Architect specialized in accessibility and universal design
Chairman of the Andalusian Dependency Forum (FADE)
Director General of Care for the Elderly and Dependency of the Community of Madrid
Senior Manager. Serveo Social - Regional Management Catalonia
Director of Sustainability and Communication at VidaCaixa
Finalist for the Active Health Award and member of the Council for the Elderly
Director of the Integrated Social and Health Care Driving Team
Director of VidaCaixa Business
Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia
Head of the Personal Assistance Service of the INTRAS Foundation. Lecturer at the University of Valladolid
Managing Director, Pilares Foundation
Advanced Practice Nurse in COPD. Bellvitge University Hospital
Presidente de la Federación de Asociaciones de Personas Mayores de Cataluña-FATEC
PhD in Gender and Political Studies and Technical Project Coordinator of the Age and Life Foundation
Director of Research, Innovation and Academic Development. Mataró Hospital
Executive Director of the Social Area of the Health and Social Consortium of Catalonia
Family and Community Nurse. Director of the CAPI Baix-a-Mar Comprehensive Primary Care Team (Vilanova i la Geltrú)
Honorary Associate Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
CEO of Ates a Casa SL
National Business Development Manager, SERVEO
Member of CEAFA's PEPA programme
Public Health Nurse. Vaccine expert. President of the National Association of Nursing and Vaccines (ANENVAC).
Director Nurse at the Puigvert Foundation
CEO de QIDA and member of the Advisory Council of PAISS
Head of Service in the Studies Coordination and Technical Support Unit. General Secretariat. IMSERSO
Servizio Innovazione Sviluppo, Diaconia Valdese Servizi Salute
Geriatrician, former president of the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (SEGG), expert in social and healthcare integration
Director of the Kortrijk residential center
Scientific Director of the Comprehensive Care Programme for People with Advanced Diseases at the “la Caixa” Foundation
Neuropsychologist specialising in training and outreach. Pasqual Maragall Foundation
Rector of Abat Oliba CEU University (UAO CEU)
Chairman of Healthcare Assets
Professor of Community Psychology and Public Mental Health
Head of Aging and Health Service, Servei Andorrà d’Atenció Sanitaria
Partner in Health Strategy and Innovation, Social Policy and Public Sector at Crowe
Managing Director of Pere Virgili Health Park and Associate Professor of Ageing at the UOC
Head of Community Action Services, Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council
Campofrío Health Care
Family doctor at Ronda Prim, Mataró-7, ICS, and treasurer of the CAMFiC Board
Department of Planning and Innovation in Social Services. Regional Ministry of Social Inclusion, Youth, Families and Equality. Regional Government of Andalusia
Dietitian-Nutritionist and spokesperson for the Association of Dietitians-Nutritionists of Catalonia (CoDiNuCat)
Founder of Inforesidencias.com
Dietitian-Nutritionist and President of the Association of Dietitians-Nutritionists of Catalonia (CODINUCAT).
CIAS COM 2001
Municipal Institute of Social Services - Barcelona City Council
Head of the Home Help Services Department of Madrid City Council
Chief Executive Officer of the Puigvert Foundation
Director Territorial Barcelona-Vallès de Quironsalud
Chairperson of the Health and Social Consortium of Catalonia
Secretary General of the Ministry of Social Rights of the Generalitat of Catalonia
Deputy Director General of Social and Health Care. Directorate General for Social and Health Care Coordination. SERMAS. Community of Madrid
Director, Adela Barquín Building. Family and Social Welfare Foundation
Managing Director of L'Onada Serveis and Chairwoman of ACRA
Director of the Mutual Insurance Group
Caretaker and journalist
Director of the Institute for Healthcare Management at EsadeGov and director of the Executive Master's in Healthcare Organisation Management (EMDOS) at ESADE
PhD. Lecturer and researcher at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Architect and founding partner of Mita Atelier. Researcher at Matia Institute.
Deputy Minister for Social Inclusion, Youth, Families and Equality of the Regional Government of Andalusia. Managing Director of the Andalusian Agency for Social Services and Dependency.
Corporate Director of Clients and Digital Transformation at DomusVi
Associate professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Barcelona
Director of the Northern Zone of L’Onada Serveis
Commercial Director of Campofrío Spain
Director General of the Adinberri Foundation of the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa
President of the Almeria Federation of Associations of Persons with Disabilities (FAAM)
President of SERENIA CAPITAL
Continuity of care nurse at the Jiménez Díaz Foundation University Hospital
Professor of Economics at the University of Valencia. Scientific advisor to BECOmodels and DevStat.
Strategist and Head of the Department of Development and Research focused on Social Services in Västerbotten
Psychologist, gerontologist, and scientific director of the Senior Citizens Program at the "la Caixa" Foundation
The 10th International Congress on Disability and Quality of Life: united for better care and well-being will be held in the city of Barcelona on November 11 and 12, 2025 and will be broadcast virtually live for those who cannot travel to Barcelona.
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The General Council of Official Nursing Associations of Spain declares the 10th International Congress on Dependency and Quality of Life “Caring Together, We Will Care Better”, organized by the EDAD Y VIDA FOUNDATION, to be of Scientific and Professional Interest, based on the technical report prepared by the Spanish Institute for Nursing Research, code: INF44_2025.
Activity accredited by the Catalan Council for Continuing Training of Health Professions – Commission for Continuing Training of the National Health System.
Dossier no.: 09/041053-MD
| Table | Credits |
| Opening session: Listening and understanding the importance of people | 0,1 |
| Module 1. Beyond social and health, a holistic approach to sustainability | 0,2 |
| Module 2. Reviewing Integrated Care models: lights and shades | 0,2 |
| Table 1: Viable utopias: the search for a purposeful life as the cornerstone of a new approach to social and health care | 0,2 |
| Table 2: Between the classroom and practice: challenges in training caregivers | 0,2 |
| Table 3: Strategic governance for social and healthcare coordination: challenges and obstacles | 0,2 |
| Table 4: A preventive approach to chronicity and dependency | 0,2 |
| Module 3. Focus on Fundamentals of Integrated Health and Social Care: Best Practices | 0,2 |
| Module 4. The Care Dividend: investing today for a sustainable tomorrow | 0,2 |
| Table 5: The future of social and healthcare integration: the key role of public-private partnerships | 0,2 |
| Table 6: Caring for dependent elderly people with chronic conditions: keys to responding to needs at the local level | 0,2 |
| Table 7: Healthy ageing | 0,2 |
| Table 8: Therapeutic adherence in dependent persons: a shared challenge for health and social care systems | 0,2 |
| Table 9: The treatment of older people in the context of care | 0,2 |
| Table 10: The challenge of providing quality care: supervising home care services in a complex context | 0,2 |
| Table 11: Senior living in Spain: from concept to implementation | 0,2 |
| Table 12: The key role of the dietitian-nutritionist in addressing malnutrition and dysphagia in senior centers | 0,2 |
The conference will be held at:
Auditori L'illa
Avinguda Diagonal, 547,
08029 Barcelona
93.290.11.31 – 93.290.11.02