AINA TORRES FLORIT

MARIA CARRETERO PONS

AINA BALS GENESTAR

ISOLATION OF ELDERLY

PEOPLE

“ESPLAI”

WHAT IS AN “ESPLAI”?

It is a club where retirees and senior people go to

have fun, meet new people and do a lot of different

activities.

There are two “Esplais” in Ciutadella that were

established thirty-three years ago.

ESPLAI “LA CAIXA” ESPLAI “SA NOSTRA”

HOW MANY PEOPLE GO THERE?

It has a board of seven people

and there are 2.000 people

who participate in the

programmed activities.

WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE DONE?

Some of the activities that are done are:

Cycling

Taichi and ioga

I.T.

Ballroom dancing

Choir and guitar

Theatre

Memory workshop

Painting shop

INTERVIEW What activities do you like best?

The activities I like best are ballroom dancing, taichi and ioga, cycling,

and hiking.

When do you start coming to the “Esplai”?

We start coming fourteen years ago and since then, we come everyday.

Do you enjoy coming?

I love it! We have a lot of fun, we laugh a lot and we are really proud of

the institution.

Why did you decide to come?

Because we wanted to have company, have fun, dance, play cards.

“SANTA RITA”

Santa Rita is a nursing home. There are almost 105

users. 90 of them are staying there everyday and 15 of

them only stay there during the day.

There are 80 people

working as doctors, social

workers, physiotherapists,

responsibles for

maintenance or hostelers

who take charge of hygiene

and food.

Two people coordinate the activities and all the

center. There is an absolute control over the

hospitalized people.

Twice a week, they go on

excursion. There is a little

swimming pool where

rehabilitation exercices are

done.

There are special menus for

diabetes, diarrhea and others.