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  • There’s an empty chair: how to cope with grief at Christmas
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    Barcelona 16.12.25

    There’s an empty chair: how to cope with grief at Christmas

    December draws near, the streets fill with lights, decorations take over the shops, and diaries become packed with dinners, toasts and family gatherings. Christmas brings with it a shared collective image of celebration and joy, almost an obligation ...

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  • Culture for All: when art heals and transforms
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    Barcelona 04.11.25

    Culture for All: when art heals and transforms

    A group of carers visits the immersive exhibition Root for Nature at CaixaForum Barcelona. The experience offers them something daily life often denies them: a pause, a sense of perspective, and the reassurance that they are not alone. The activity, ...

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  • Supporting people until the end: the importance of spirituality in palliative care
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    Madrid 02.07.25

    Supporting people until the end: the importance of spirituality in palliative care

    Attending to spiritual needs can have a significant impact on the well-being of people in the final stage of life. At the San Camilo palliative care unit in Tres Cantos (Madrid), several patients with advanced illnesses and their families share ...

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  • The ”la Caixa” Foundation reaches a historic budget of 655 million euros in 2025
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    Barcelona 05.03.25

    The ”la Caixa” Foundation reaches a historic budget of 655 million euros in 2025

    In 2024, the Foundation assisted more than 235,000 beneficiaries in Spain and Portugal through direct social intervention programmes.

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  • We support people in vulnerable situations at all stages of life
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    Barcelona 19.02.25

    We support people in vulnerable situations at all stages of life

    In 2024, the "la Caixa" Foundation assisted more than 235,000 beneficiaries in Spain and Portugal through its direct social intervention programmes, supporting people in vulnerable situations from childhood to later life. In 2025, the institution’s ...

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  • Valencia after the DANA: a process of rebuilding lives
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    Valencia 15.01.25

    Valencia after the DANA: a process of rebuilding lives

    The DANA (standing for Depresión Aislada en Niveles Altos in Spanish or “isolated high-level depression"), commonly known as a “cold drop", which claimed over 200 lives in Valencia, has not only left behind destroyed homes, but has also had a severe ...

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  • School for Carers: self-care for better caring
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    Barcelona 05.11.24

    School for Carers: self-care for better caring

    Since 2018, the School for Carers of the "la Caixa" Foundation’s Comprehensive care for people with advanced diseases programme has organised over 2,000 workshops in which nearly 8,000 people have taken part. María Isabel Ortego is one of them. ...

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  • Spirituality helps not only to live through death, but also to live life
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    Madrid 06.08.24

    Spirituality helps not only to live through death, but also to live life

    Spirituality plays a crucial role in coping with the end of life. In addition to psychosocial support, the "la Caixa" Foundation’s Comprehensive care for people with advanced illnesses programme provides spiritual care to accompany people with ...

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  • A peaceful goodbye
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    Barcelona 24.04.24

    A peaceful goodbye

    When Rosa’s mother Antonia’s cancer was no longer responding to treatment, the social worker offered them psychological help. Darío, a psychologist from the "la Caixa" Foundation’s Comprehensive care for people with advanced diseases programme, ...

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