Andorra

Ageing and Health department of the Andorran Health Care System
Servei Andorrà d’Atenció Sanitaria (SAAS)

Some facts on demography and geriatrics in Andorra…

Total population: 77.142
Percentage above 65 Yr: 15.3
Ageing index (ratio of people over 65 to those under 14): 116 

Professionals: 

Geriatricians: 5
Internists: 6
GP’s: 58
Nurses trained in geriatrics: 10 Geriatric beds/places
Number of geriatric beds (hospital and intermediate care): 36
Nursing homes beds: 349
Adult daycare services places: 157

Geriatric medicine is found in...

• acute care hospitals

• out-patient care settings

• home hospitalization

• subacute care

• post-acute rehabilitation

• psychogeriatric unit

• memory and frailty units

• programs: orthogeriatric, oncology.

Geriatric research:

Covid-19:

• COVID-19 mortality risk factors in older people in a long-term care center https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7693854/ 
• Ongoing study on the evolution of antibody immunity to SARS-CoV-2 after infection/vaccination in older adults from nursing homes.

Intrinsic capacities: 

• Ongoing pilot study on evaluating the intrinsic capacities of older than 65 years old with ICOPE app (WHO) in the community.
• Cognition 
• Ongoing study on the impact of artificial intelligence on reminiscence therapies of older people with cognitive impairment living in nursing homes.