Last week we visited us from Red Solidaria Bankia. 

They thanked us and recognized us for the work of the Matia Fundazioa for the development of a music therapy program to encourage creativity and musical composition of the elderly.

Thanks to the contribution of the San Sebastian Business Network we have been able to carry out this project.

The RAPP project partners had a meeting last week in San Sebastian, Spain, at the MATIA Institute, and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) officially joined the consortium, now composed of 8 entities.

(Donostia-San Sebastian, April 14).  Matia Fundazioa has been nominated in five categories of the Pilares Foundation Awards for Good Practices related to the AICP" (Model of Integral and Person-Centered Care): Services or programs of care or intervention, Environmental and architectural design and actions, Support products and ICT, Organizational and/or methodological innovations and Research, evaluation and training programs.

Matia Fundazioa has joined the initiative "Solidarity with Alzheimer's" promoted by CEAFA (Spanish Confederation of Associations of Relatives of people with Alzheimer's and other dementias) as a solidarity entity.

Within the Health and Care Space, the cycle of Talks-Colloquium organized by the COEGI open to the public and also to all members, we have scheduled a new conference to be held on March 5, Thursday, from 18.00 hours at the headquarters of the College.

Improvements of around 18% in tests measuring balance and 32% in muscular strength have been achieved.
The main benefits are the reduction in the risk and number of falls.
Every year 150 Basques over the age of 64 die after suffering a fall in the home

The Basque Government has approved the decree on the Portfolio of Services and Benefits of the Basque Social Services System.

Decree on the Portfolio of Benefits and Services of the Basque Social Services System.

Euskadi designs a plan to improve the living conditions of people over 65 years of age Housing, leisure, public spaces, health, economy and family, among the issues addressed

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Pertsonarentzako arreta zentralaren ereduan oinarritzen da. Eredu hori herrialdeetan ezarri da, eta gizarte-politiketan aurrera gehien egin du.

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