Fira Gran

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Active ageing

Policy and product approach that keeps older people independent, healthy and socially engaged, rather than focusing only on care once dependency appears. It is the organising theme of most FiraGran exhibitor stands, from exercise programmes to travel and learning offers.

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Dependency (grau de dependència)

In Spain, the official assessment of how much help a person needs with daily activities. The recognised degree determines access to publicly funded home help, telecare, day-centre places or residential care, so it is a frequent question at social-services stands.

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Telecare (teleassistència)

A monitored alarm or sensor service that lets an older person call for help from home, usually through a pendant or wrist device connected to a response centre. Exhibitors show both municipal telecare devices and private monitoring subscriptions.

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Home help service (SAD, servei d'ajuda a domicili)

Scheduled help at home with cleaning, personal hygiene, meals or medication reminders, delivered by a municipal service or a private company. At the fair, providers present how hours are allocated and what a private contract costs.

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Day centre (centre de dia)

A facility where older people spend part of the day with supervision, meals, therapy and social activities, returning home in the evening. Useful for families who work during the day and for people with early-stage dementia.

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Residential care home (residència)

A live-in facility offering rooms, meals, nursing supervision and personal care. Stands typically present room types, ratio of staff to residents and the difference between public-subsidised and private places.

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Assistive technology (productes de suport)

Devices that compensate for a functional limitation, such as a reacher, adapted cutlery, a shower chair or a voice-controlled light. The category overlaps with the mobility and home-adaptation sections of the show floor.

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Occupational therapy

Profession-led work that retrains or adapts daily activities, often by recommending aids and home changes after a stroke, fracture or hospital stay. Therapists at the fair usually demonstrate transfers and bathroom safety.

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Universal accessibility

Design of buildings, transport and products so they can be used by people with reduced mobility, vision or hearing without special adaptation. Relevant for visitors checking whether the venue, hotels and transfers work for a wheelchair or walker.

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Senior cohousing

A housing model where older people live in private flats with shared common spaces and mutual support, sometimes with care services on site. Presented alongside more traditional residential-care options.

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Caregiver (cuidador/a)

A family member or paid professional who provides daily support to a dependent person. Many FiraGran visitors attend in this role, looking for training, respite services and equipment to make care at home safer.