We participate in a debate on the challenges of aging in the V edition of the Barcelona New Economy Week 2024 (BNEW)
On October 10, Carlota Zabaco, executive coordinator of the Barcelona Aging and Longevity Lab (BALL), participated in the BNEW debate ‘Keys to Healthy Aging through Medicine, Research, Good Habits and Technological Innovation’ . A healthy lifestyle provides less risk of suffering from cardiovascular diseases, the leading cause of mortality in the world, in addition to […]
Participation of Dr. Inzitari in the La Vanguardia meeting to reflect on the aging of the population
“Greater longevity requires planning well-being in old age,” Marco Inzitari, director of Integrated Care and Research at the Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili, participates in this La Vanguardia meeting to reflect on the aging of the population. «Chronological age has ceased to make sense. Older people must be empowered to adopt a more active role,” says […]
We present the first results of the “Appetizers” initiative at ICIC23, in Antwerp, Belgium
The Barcelona Aging coLLaboratory (BALL) and the first results of the “Appetizers” initiative are presented at the international integrated care congress ICIC23, in Antwerp, Belgium. At the ICIC23 international congress, which brought together 1,300 delegates from different countries around the world, Dr. Inzitari presented the BALL project in a session dedicated to Active and Healthy […]
BALL signs a collaboration agreement with the Barcelona Provincial Council
Dr. Marco Inzitari and Ms. Montserrat Jiménez, Manager of the VHIR, representing the Barcelona Aging coLLaboratory (BALL), have signed a collaboration agreement with the Deputy Mr. Marc Verdaguer, Diputació de Barcelona representing, in the presence of Mrs. Carmela Fortuny, Vice President of the same institution. The agreement is based on a common interest in projects […]
We received a visit from the Matia Foundation
Marco Inzitari, promoter of BALL, received a visit from Laura Fernández Cordero, researcher at Matia Institute (Fundación Matia). Currently, the Matia Foundation team is setting up a Living Lab project on aging. When they found out about the Barcelona Aging collaborative (BALL), they wanted to approach the Pere Virgili Health Park to get to know […]
Marco Inzitari in the ARA diary with Xavier Bosch
Marco Inzitari, promoter of BALL, has been interviewed by journalist Xavier Bosch, from Diari ARA. Dr. Marco Inzitari (Florence, 1976) has lived in Catalonia for fifteen years. Currently, he is director of Integrated Care and research at the Pere Virgili Health Park, as head of the Aging Research Group at the Vall de Hebron Research […]
The HoOP project holds the first successful focus group
The HoOP (future HOusing and Older People Project), a project registered in the BALL, has conducted the first focus group of its study successfully. The focus groups take place at “la Casa de Pensar”, headquarters of the Barcelona Aging coLLaboratory (BALL), in the Pere Virgili Health Park. A house built last June as part of […]
Jordi Vilaró visits Onda Cero’s “En Bones Mans” program
This Thursday the Barcelona Aging coLLaboratory (BALL) visited the “En Bones Mans” program, specialized in health, health education and quality of life of Onda Cero Catalunya. This program included an interview with Jordi Vilaró, vice dean of Postgraduate Studies and Research at the Blanquerna Faculty of Health Sciences of the Ramon Llull University and member […]
Opening ceremony of the Barcelona Aging coLLaboratory (BALL)
On November 17, the inauguration of the Barcelona Aging coLLaboratory (BALL), the first monographic Living Lab on aging, was celebrated. It took place at the Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili, the physical headquarters of BALL and its first project: a humanized robot that will help those people who cannot feed themselves. The Living Lab has been […]
Ten institutions that represent the entire Catalan civil society promote the first Living Lab focused on aging
The first BALL project, presented today at the Pere Virgili Health Park, is a humanized robot that will help patients who cannot feed themselves, offering them a solution adapted to their needs. Grow old with the highest quality of life and the best health and social care.This is the main objective of the Barcelona Aging […]