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29 April 2019
Coinciding with the celebration, this 29th April, of the European Day of Intergenerational Solidarity, in this entry we briefly analyse the twenty-...
09 April 2019
"If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water" or so the American anthropologist and poet Loran Eiseley argued. This writer, a nature...
12 March 2019
March 3 was International Hearing Day, a date used annually by the World Health Organization (WHO) to recall and review various aspects of promoting...
07 February 2019
Today we would like to bring you closer to an interesting initiative involving a group of people who regularly come to our Bermingham Day Centre....
30 January 2019
This morning in Argixao we said goodbye with a small ceremony of Luis Perez, one of the people who lived in this house. Someone very loved and...
03 December 2018
Over the last few decades, advances in medicine combined with healthier diets and lifestyles have led to a steady increase in the life expectancy of...
30 November 2018
At Fundación Matía we support people in the ageing process, and the basis of this support, to know their needs and priorities, is communication....
24 October 2018
The occurrence of behavioural disorders is common in people with dementia, increasing as the disease itself progresses. The presence of these...
19 July 2018
Last week two of the Matia Institute's researchers, Elena del Barrio and Sara Marsillas, travelled to the English city of Manchester to participate...
14 June 2018
As the United Nations points out, "the abuse of older persons is a global social problem affecting the health and human rights of millions of older...