High complexity children's and youth day hospital
The ASPACE Catalunya Foundation Day Hospital is a specialized service that provides comprehensive care to people with cerebral palsy and other chronic developmental pathologies. The main objective is to improve the quality of life of users through a multidisciplinary approach that integrates medical treatments, mental health, psychostimulation and comprehensive daily rehabilitation.
Users
The users of the Day Hospital are students aged 3 to 21 from the Special Education School of the ASPACE Foundation, with 95 places specialized in cerebral palsy. This service offers health care and ongoing support to families, helping them face the challenges associated with caring for people with special needs.
Portfolio of Services
The Day Hospital offers a wide range of services designed to meet the specific needs of people with cerebral palsy and other developmental pathologies. These services include:
Specialized Medical Treatments
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Assessment and therapeutic intervention of functional capacities.
- Neurology and Neuro-paediatrics: Attention to neurological disorders.
- Psychiatry: Treatment of mental health problems.
- Psychology: Assessment and intervention in mental and emotional processes.
Reeducation and Therapies
- Physiotherapy: focuses on improving mobility, functionality and helping to avoid complications for people with neurological disabilities.
- Respiratory Physiotherapy: Improvement of respiratory function and prevention of complications.
- speech therapy: Rehabilitation of communicative and swallowing functions.
- Occupational Therapy: Improvement of independence in daily activities.
- music therapy: Using music to promote emotional and cognitive development.
Specialist Nursing
- Wound care, medication administration and monitoring of users' general health status.
Social work
- Practical and emotional support for families, guidance on rights and services, and assistance in administrative procedures.
Service of Resources and Technological Aids
- Technological solutions to improve communication, mobility and autonomy of users.
Help for the adaptation of the Environment
- Advice to families on how to adapt the home and community environment to facilitate the mobility and inclusion of users.
Orientation and Attention to Families
- Support for families with guidance and support services to help them understand their children's needs and actively participate in their care and rehabilitation process. Includes counseling sessions, support groups and training workshops.
Exclusive
The work methodology is global and multidisciplinary, with individualized therapeutic plans that address all aspects of the person's life. The approach includes regular coordination with other services to ensure consistent and comprehensive care.
