The project RIGHTS OF WAY, in which UNICEF, Abertis and the Institut Guttmann collaborate, was presented at the Instituto Cervantes of New York, with the presence of Mrs. Maria Bassols, assistant ambassador of Spain before United Nations and the Secretary of the International Cooperation for Iberoamerica and the Carib of the Government of Spain, Mr. Juan Pablo de Laiglesia. 1.25 million people die...
The Institut Guttmann and the Atlètic Natació Barceloneta Club (CNAB) have signed a mutual collaboration agreement for, on the one hand, the realization of aquatic sports activities for the patients of functional rehabilitation of the hospital, and of the other, for the joint organization of extra-hospitalized inclusive activities with patients, relatives and friends in the framework of the Sports...
The International Campus, organized by the Institut Guttmann together with the Sunnaas Foundation of Norway, has finished today Surely it has been an unforgettable experience for the participants, all of them young people with spinal cord injury from the Nordic countries, the Baltic countries and Catalonia. They could share a few days of sports, learning and coexistence. From August 29th to...
This summer the activities of Sports & Life Guttmann Club have continued, with great participation and a great desire to take advantage of the sun and the good weather! On August 2nd, once again a group of people with disabilities accompanied by family and friends, moved to Torredembarra to enjoy an open sea scuba baptism, where Onawa, a fully accessible and equipped catamaran with an hydraulic...
Maria Almenara and Timothy Peter Morris, both students from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, have presented their respective doctoral theses this week at the Institut Guttmann. Maria Almenara presented her doctoral thesis "Theoretical-practical model for the implementation of user-centered design, development, validation and acceptance of support products for people with diseases of...
More than 50 students received the Master's degree in Neurorrehabilitation and in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation and Cognitive Stimulation from the Institut Guttmann and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). The act of graduation of both official masters took place in the Institut Guttmann, with their family and friends. The welcome ceremony led by Dr. Josep M. Ramírez, gave way to the...
For the fourth consecutive time, the Institut Guttmann has managed to revalidate one of the most demanding and exhaustive audits related to the management of the quality of health organizations, the Joint Commission International. The Guttmann Institute was first credited 13 years ago and since then, the organization has not ceased to believe in the importance of continuous improvement, without...
The fight for equal opportunities, overcoming, equity and social justice are and will be our shared values. The rights of people with disabilities are our nexus of union. You can always count on my support, love and solidarity. To the whole team of professionals and technicians that make this reality possible, other models to do: Congratulations and many successes.
We are pleased to present the 2017 Annual Report and the Corporate Social Responsibility Report which shows the main actions carried out during the year 2017. From 2017, special mention should be made of obtaining accreditation in Social Corporate Responsibility IQnet-SR10, and passing the audit of the self-evaluation of the Balance of the Economy of the Common Good with a score of 693 out of 1...
The director of the Servei Català de Trànsit, Juli Gendrau, accompanied by the director of the Institut Guttmann Foundation, Dr. Josep M. Ramírez, inaugurated the VII Meeting of monitors of the Game Over preventiion program and police educators in road safety, organized by the Institut Guttmann. This year the day has focused on the phenomenon of distractions, under the title 'Distractions, a risk...
