The Aspace Catalunya Foundation has received an institutional visit from the Honorable Mrs. Lluïsa Moret Sabidó, president of the Barcelona Provincial Council, at the Montjuïc facilities, in a day that allowed for an in-depth understanding of the comprehensive and highly specialized care model that the entity develops with people with neurodevelopmental disorders, cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities.
The president was accompanied by Alba Barnusell Ortuño, deputy for the Sustainability, Life Cycle and Community Area; Laura Solis, Presidential advisor; Snow Tarragona Piñol, head of the Public Relations and Protocol Office; and Yolanda Moragues, head of the Dependency and Social Vulnerability Care Service. The composition of the delegation has demonstrated the institutional relevance of the visit and the direct connection with public policies for care for dependency and vulnerability.
In Catalonia, more than 55.000 people live with complex neurodevelopmental disorders, cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities, a group that requires highly specialized, coordinated and sustained responses over time. In this context, Aspace Catalunya is a reference supraterritorial entity, which annually provides assistance to more than 3.750 people and their families, integrating the areas health, social and educational with highly qualified multidisciplinary teams. This volume of activity, combined with a highly specialized model, positions the Foundation as a key player within the public system of care for highly complex disabilities.
On behalf of the Foundation, the reception was led by the president of the Board of Trustees, Enrique Mangas, the vice president Carlos Sanrama, and the general director Elena Puigdevall, together with the management team formed by Tamara Biedermann (Director of the Health Area), Carlos Varela (Director of Transversal Operations and Social Area), Dani Torrejon (director of the Educational Area), Albert Canton (Director of People and Values; Economy and Finance), Paul Musach (ICT director), Alba Cario (Head of People and Values), Yolanda Elipe (Director of Corporate Social Responsibility) and Olga Gonzalez (Director of Institutional Relations, Communication and Marketing).
This joint presence has reflected the cohesion between governance, executive management and professional teams, as well as the institutional solidity of the Aspace project.
A comprehensive model that combines specialization and humanism
During the tour, the president visited the spaces of neurorehabilitation with adapted assistive technology
Day Hospital 0-3 years (Petit Aspace)
Day Hospital for 3-21 years linked to the Aspace Special Education School, as well as specialized outpatient care environments and the CDO-Montjuïc day activity center.
The visit allowed us to show a model that integrates the health, social and educational spheres with a coordinated and person-centered approach. A model that requires clinical rigor, specialization and, at the same time, sustained human attention over time.
One of the most relevant moments of the day was the meeting with families and professionals, which gave face and voice to the real impact of interdisciplinary work and the importance of comprehensive support in highly complex contexts.
Institutional declarations
During the visit, the president of the Barcelona Provincial Council highlighted:
“Thank you for giving us the opportunity to learn more thoroughly and firsthand about the entire project. Walking through the facilities and listening to the testimony of families and professionals allows us to understand in depth the scope and dimension of your work.”
“It is a strategic, unquestionable and very necessary project. It incorporates highly specialized attention to a diversity that, as the Barcelona Provincial Council, directly challenges us in our public responsibility.”
"Your public and country perspective fully connects with the public service of responding and guaranteeing rights for everyone. It is a project that directly challenges all public authorities."
These words reinforce the institutional recognition of a healthcare model that not only provides services, but also actively contributes to guaranteeing real rights and opportunities.
Alba Project: a commitment to the future with a vision for the country
The day concluded with the presentation of the Dawn Project, the future infrastructure that will expand the Foundation's healthcare capacity and consolidate a state-of-the-art therapeutic environment.
The project represents a strategic commitment to strengthen healthcare quality, advance applied innovation and respond to the present and future needs of the community. An infrastructure conceived from clinical knowledge, sustainability and social responsibility, with the aim of continuing to position Barcelona as a benchmark in care for highly complex disabilities.
With this visit, the Aspace Catalunya Foundation reaffirms the importance of solid institutional alliances to guarantee specialized, humane and quality care. When public commitment and professional expertise work in alignment, the impact translates into tangible improvements in the lives of people and their families.
