The Fundació Institut Guttmann is a private, non-denominational, non-profit entity, driven by Catalan civil society. It is an efficient example of a public-private partnership.
The Fundació Institut Guttmann carries out its care, scientific and social activity in two centres located in Badalona and in the centre of Barcelona. From here it offers three initiatives dedicated to treating people with disabilities of neurological origin and to care, maintenance and prevention in the areas of health and quality of life.
Our goal is to be a leading healthcare institution in Neurorehabilitation and Brain Health, generating knowledge and innovation in techniques and technologies specific to our scientific field in order to improve prevention and results when treating pathologies that affect the nervous system.
Article 7 of the Fundació Institut Guttmann’s Articles of Association
The Institut Guttmann is a non-profit organisation whose main purpose is to promote, implement and achieve the comprehensive rehabilitation of people affected by spinal cord injury, acquired brain injury or other neurological disabilities, to carry out research and teaching in this area of neuroscience, and to give patients the best support and services possible to achieve successful social reintegration, as well as to contribute to the full recognition of their rights and equal opportunities.
Institut Guttmann's Neurorehabilitation Hospital
The Institut Guttmann is a hospital located in Badalona (Barcelona) specialising in the medical and surgical treatment and comprehensive rehabilitation of adults, young people and children with spinal cord injury, acquired brain injury or other neurological disabilities. It provides specialised, comprehensive, continuous and personalised neurorehabilitation care with the highest levels of science, technology and compassion.
Camí de Can Ruti, s/n · 08916 Badalona
admissions@guttmann.com
T. +34 934 977 700
Guttmann Barcelona Brain Health and Neurorehabilitation Institute
The Brain Health and Neurorehabilitation Institute is a group of clinics that offer the best diagnosis and the most advanced treatments to respond to motor, cognitive and behavioural functional problems that affect people who suffer from a neurological disease or other type of neuropsychiatric disorder. It is a highly specialised healthcare centre that, with a great team of experts in neurorehabilitation and with the guarantee of quality offered by the Institut Guttmann, aims to promote the health and well-being of the people it treats and their families
Carrer Garcilaso, 57 · 08027 Barcelona
barcelona@guttmann.com
T. +34 933 512 211
Guttmann Barcelona Life
Our adapted and serviced Guttmann Barcelona Life apartments are an initiative to promote the autonomy and quality of life of people with disabilities who wish to have an active, inclusive independent lifestyle and live their life in their own way.
Guttmann Barcelona Life is a social facility consisting of a group of fully adapted and automated apartments that offer a wide range of complementary services tailored to each user.
Carrer Garcilaso, 57 · 08027 Barcelona
bcnlife@guttmann.com
T. +34 933 512 211
The Institut Guttmann includes the current concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in its DNA.
Consistent with its mission, vision and values, and with a strong commitment to continual improvement, the Institut Guttmann has decided to make a commitment to CSR, becoming a leading organisation in the healthcare sector which works actively and decisively to follow this path.
Mission
Organization of Excellence
As a highly specialized healthcare organization, its mission is to provide at all times the best specialized neurorehabilitative care and the promotion of brain health, in a comprehensive, continuous, personalized way and with the highest human, scientific and technical level.
Knowledge Organization
As a University Institute attached to the UAB, its mission is to develop the academic, scientific and research aspects of neuroscience in general and neurorehabilitation and technologies applied to personal autonomy in particular; at the same time as transferring research results to society through innovation models that improve people's quality of life.
Expert Organization
As for the Socio-Health Activity, its mission is to promote specialized personal, socio-health and social care services, aimed mainly at people with disabilities of neurological origin and their families, with the aim of providing them with support and the most appropriate services that contribute to enhancing their personal autonomy and improving their quality of life, in accordance with the principles of recognition of functional diversity, independent living and social inclusion.
Organization Committed to society
As a Social Initiative Entity, its MISSION is to contribute to the most effective equalization of opportunities for people with disabilities through the promotion and development of prevention, dissemination and social awareness activities; while collaborating with the associations that represent them.
Vision
To be an International Reference institution in neurorehabilitation and brain health capable of generating and transmitting new knowledge and continuous innovation in the techniques, procedures and technologies specific to its field of scientific knowledge and neuroscience in general...
To be an organization of Excellence, Sustainable and Respectful of the Environment, able to adapt to the new trends, characteristics and needs of the environment...
Count on an Excellent Team of competent, competitive and committed Professionals with the institution and the goals it pursues...
To be a Reputed, Socially Respected and Appreciated Institution, especially by the people to whom it dedicates its daily tasks and who constitute its main reason for being, and by their families, whom it accompanies in difficult moments of their lives.
Values
Specialization in knowledge
Excellence: in human, scientific and technical quality
Sustainability: efficient organization, economically balanced...
Transparency in all areas of activity
Research, innovation and knowledge generation linked to the experience of its professionals and the establishment of strategic alliances
Competitiveness and commitment thanks to a team of competent, experienced professionals involved in the institutional objectives.
Interdisciplinary team work.
Attention to the personal and professional development of your team
Proximity to people. An organization and accessible professionals who treat, relate, accompany and take care of patients and relatives with the experience, empathy, animosity and sensitivity of those who know the difficult situation they are going through.
Oriented to the person,
Expert and respectful treatment based on the principles of recognition of functional diversity, personal autonomy, independent living, quality of life, normalization and social inclusion
Strong social commitment.