About nursing homes and care for the Elderly

Eventhough news outlets and social networks publish data about the number of nursing homes and people living in them, as of March 2021 there are no reliable statistics on the population who live in care homes in Spain.  There are some data that describes different dwellings where older people live but they don’t refer exactly to nursing homes. During 2020 the Covid-19  health emergency led to a high number of deaths among the elderly, specially those living in care homes. This terrible event has highlighted the scarce and scattered information and the general lack of knowledge about life in care homes, very close to a general social, political and health neglect, which has unnecessarily damaged the image and the good work of most of these institutions and the staff who work in them. Envejecimientoenred, a web site that deals with elder statistics, tried to fill the gap publishing a report in mid 2020.  They estimated that on average 322,180 people aged 65 and over live i...

  In recent years,  Eai Consultoría  has established itself as a recognized knowledge manager within the gero-care sector. Dependencia.info spoke  with  Xavier Paradell  , a consultant from the firm specialized among other areas in the preparation of market studies and economic-financial viability in the field of nursing homes in Spain, who makes it clear that "a feasibility study allows the promoter of a residence to know the factors that will guarantee the project". Is it common for promoters of a care home project to request a market study and economic and financial feasibility study? My impression is that it is less common than it should be, considering its strategic relevance, since a market study allows the promoter  to know the main key factors that will facilitate the viability of the project. Those can be very different in each particular case. Having a market study and economic and financial feasibility study prepared by specialists is paramo...