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Background: In the Spanish case, the social organization of care is characterized by being family oriented. This means that the involvement of the family in the care of its members is high in relation to the participation of other social actors, such as the State, the market, or the community. Neurodegenerative diseases (ND) significantly affect the quality of life of the person, but also that of their family, precisely because of their high involvement in care. Families require support services to increase their well-being, and several studies have shown the impact that the absence of support services has on the Family Quality of Life (FQoL). Considering this, the main objective of this study is to find out the perception of professionals working in the socio-health field about the adequacy and sufficiency of the services available to peoplewithND and their families in the Spain-Portugal cross-border area. Method: This research has been developed through qualitative methodology. Three focus groups were held. They involved: 1) public social services personnel; 2) public health services staff; 3) workers in the services offered by private initiatives.All of them carried out their work in the cross-border area studied.With the support of the Atlas.ti software and following a deductive coding model, the data obtained were systematically coded and interpreted. Results: Initial research results suggest that professionals in the socio-health field agree on their perceptions of the adequacy and sufficiency of support services provided for families with a member with ND. They consider that: 1) most support services are aimed solely at the needs of the person with a ND and therefore contribute little to improving the FQoL; 2) support services considered very adequate for the improvement of the FQoL are very insufficient; 3) the characteristics of the environment (small population, geographical dispersion, etc.) significantly limit support services in rural areas Conclusion: The support services provided for families with a member with ND are scarce and inadequate, and therefore contribute little to improving the FQoL. There is a need to improve access and adapt support services to the needs of families.

Background: Dementia is one of the most important causes of dependencyworldwide. These patients require constant care. This care ismainly provided by the families. Each family has specific needs and demands specific support services. To improve their quality of life, the family should be considered in the development of strategies that contribute to the provision of support services for them. Considering this, the objectives of this work are to analyse the support needs of these families, as well as the services they access. Method: The FQOLS-NDs instrument (Badía et al., 2020) was applied by telephone to a sample of 163 relatives of people with dementia in the Spain-Portugal cross-border area. The main characteristics of the research participants are: 69.9% arewomen, aged between 28 and 87, and do not work (63.8%). They aremainly daughters/sons (59.5%) or partners (32.5%) of the person with dementia. In addition, they are mostly their main carers (95.1%) and live with them (74.8%). Results: The main research findings reveal that: 1) The support services most needed by families are information about the disease (53.4%); information about support services (52.8%), and information about where to get them (44.8%). 2) Family members report not being able to access the support services they need. Among them, those to which more than 80% of families do not have access stand out. These are support groups (92.3%), psychological help (90.3%), family respite (85.5%) and spending money (81.1%). 3) There are few support services that families need and consider that they have sufficient access to. The most positive data reveal that only 18.4% of participants perceive the information they receive about the disease as sufficient; only 16.3% consider that they have enough help to run the household, and only 12.8% claim to have access to sufficient information about legal rights. Conclusion: Families are not receiving the support services they most need.Moreover, they do not value the services they access as sufficient. References: Badía, M., Orgaz, M.B., González, E., Vicario-Molina, I., Gómez-Vela, M. and NEUROQUALYFAM group (2020). Family Quality of Life Scale - Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Memoria ID-2020/004 Ayudas de la Universidad de Salamanca para la innovación docente, curso 2020-2021.

[ES]Documento que recoge los servicios de atención sociosanitaria a las personas con enfermedades neurodegenerativas y a sus familias en las provincias de Salamanca y Zamora, relativos al Acceso a información sobre la enfermedad, valoración y seguimiento, Prevención, Apoyo a la familia, Apoyo a la Autonomía personal, Atención social en el contexto comunitario, Atención Primaria en Salud y Atención Especializada en Salud, así como las entidades de titularidad pública y privada que los gestionan y ofrecen.

Documento que recoge el marco normativo español nacional y autonómica, así como las diferentes instrumentos que lo desarrollan en materia de atención sociosanitaria a personas con enfermedades neurodegenerativas y sus familiares. Incluye aquellas regulaciones dirigidas al colectivo de forma específica así como las relativas a la dependencia y/o discapacidad vigentes actualmente y su ámbito de actuación, destacando aquellos recursos disponibles en el entorno familiar a excepción de residencias.

Gambling is currently generating social alarm due to the increase in its use, especially by minors. This situation is forcing the public authorities to adopt measures aimed at regulating it and designing public policies for community intervention, especially aimed at young people. Responsible gambling is a preventive strategy included in selective prevention within public policies on addictions. In order to elaborate an adequate program it is necessary to know the real situation of the behavior we want to address from different perspectives, individual factors of gamblers, social and interaction factors and the contextual factors, as well as elements of great relevance such as the state of the norm and the influence of advertising among others. By analyzing pathological gambling, we can extract preventive factors for the development of programs. The program bet on your life is an example of a program based on scientific study for the development of the objectives and actions that will be framed within it. Public policies must be developed based on two elements: scientific knowledge and social reality. En la actualidad, el juego de apuestas está generando alarma social debido al incremento de su uso, especialmente en los menores. Esta situación está obligando a los poderes públicos a adoptar medidas dirigidas a su regulación, y al diseño de políticas públicas de intervención comunitaria, especialmente dirigidas al colectivo de los jóvenes. El juego responsable es una estrategia preventiva incluida en la prevención selectiva dentro de las políticas públicas en adicciones. Para elaborar un programa adecuado es necesario conocer la situación real de la conducta que queremos abordar desde diferentes perspectivas, los factores individuales de las personas que juegan, los factores sociales e interaccionales y los factores contextuales, además de elementos de gran relevancia como es el estado de la norma y la influencia de la publicidad, entre otros. Analizando la ludopatía se pueden extraer factores preventivos para el desarrollo de programas. El programa apuesta por tu vida es un ejemplo de programa basado en el estudio científico para el desarrollo de los objetivos y las acciones que se enmarcaran en el mismo. Las políticas públicas deben desarrollarse en base a dos elementos: el conocimiento científico y la realidad social.

[ES] La diversidad cultural, enriquecedora de valores y capacidades para la humanidad, como destaca el Convenio sobre la Diversidad Cultural de la UNESCO (2005), precisa de una necesaria gestión intercultural para garantizar la interacción equitativa de culturas y la posibilidad de generar expresiones culturales compartidas, adquiridas por medio del diálogo y de una actitud de respeto mutuo.Esta obra colectiva e interdisciplinar, a la que han contribuido investigadores procedentes de diversos países e instituciones, aborda la interculturalidad desde la perspectiva del respeto y la promoción de los Derechos Humanos. De este modo, se tratan las políticas públicas y la tutela judicial de la interculturalidad, afrontando la discriminación y odio vinculados a la cultura, el uso del Derecho Penal como elemento represor de la diferencia, los conflictos territoriales y la protección frente a la discriminación en el ámbito laboral. Así mismo, se presta especial atención a los colectivos vulnerables, la integración de segundas y posteriores generaciones y a los modelos de intervención para la convivencia intercultural, destacando la diversidad cultural en el contexto educativo y las diferentes estrategias comunicativas. Todo ello, sin olvidar el análisis desde una perspectiva cuantitativa de la interculturalidad y los Derechos Humanos y su abordaje crítico desde el enfoque interseccional.

Documento que recoge de forma específica las prestaciones, servicios y recursos asistenciales de obligado cumplimiento en Castilla y León en materia sanitaria y social ofertados para las personas con enfermedades neurodegenerativas y sus familias.

Introduction: Neurodegenerative diseases (ND) are the most important cause of dependency in the world. The care of these patients is mostly assumed by their families. As a result, their family quality of life (FQoL) may be affected, decreasing their well-being, and modifying their habits and normal functioning. FQoL is a multidimensional concept, composed of different aspects that determine the life situation of each family, being these components both objective and subjective. Thus, the FQoL will depend on being able to access to support services that respond to the individual needs of all members and that this is adequate to adapt the environment and lifestyle to the demands of the disease. Public administrations are responsible for covering the socio-health support needs of people with ND and their families. Objective: The objective of this research is to analyse whether the currently available social services are in accordance with the Family Life Quality model. Method: A descriptive analysis of the support offered by the public services of the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León (Spain) to people with ND and their families has been carried out, analysing its correspondence with the dimensions of the Quality of Family Life Survey of Brown and collaborators (2006): health of the family, financial well-being, family relationships, informal support, support from care services, the influence of values, leisure and community interaction. Results: The research results suggest that 1) most public services are aimed exclusively at the care of the person with ND; 2) these supports address the needs of the financial well-being, family relations and community interaction dimensions; 3) these are mainly aimed at supporting the situation when the illness worsens; 4) the limited specific services for families support them in the enjoyment of leisure and financial well-being. Conclusion: The public welfare system of Castilla y León does not consider the family of people with ND as the target of its support services, but the person with ND declared as a dependent. Thus, it does not offer support services aimed at satisfying some needs linked to the dimensions of the FQoL model. References: Brown, I., Brown, R. I., Baum, N. T., Isaacs, B., J., Myerscough, T., Wang, M. (2006). Family Quality of Life Survey: Main caregivers of people with intellectual disabilities. Surrey Place Centre.

Background: Neurodegenerative diseases (ND) are chronic pathologies that generate great limitations and disabilities in the person and other effects on the Family Quality of Life (FQoL). FQoL is a multidimensional concept that includes health of the family, financial well-being, family relationships, informal support, support from care services, the influence of values, leisure and recreation, and community interaction. Several studies have demonstrated the impact that the absence of supports has on the FQoL. Objective: This research aims to explore, from the perspective of social service professionals, to what extent the service supports available to people with ND and their families in the Spain-Portugal crossborder area are adequate and sufficient to contribute to the improvement of the FQoL. Method: Qualitative methodology has been implemented. Specifically, a focus group has been conducted. Seven public social service professionals (five social workers and 2 community animators) working in the cross-border area studied participated in it. With the support of the Atlas.ti software and following a deductive coding model, the data obtained were systematically coded and interpreted by grouping the information into categories. Main results: Initial research results suggest that 1) most of the support is exclusively aimed at the care of the sick person, even if it indirectly contributes to the improvement of the FQoL; 2) there are adequate support services for the improvement of the FQoL, but they are very insufficient; 3) formal support in the rural environment is limited by the characteristics of the environment. Conclusion: Initial results suggest that the lack of access and inadequacy of support services in rural areas has an impact on the FQoL.

En este estudio se analizan las creencias relacionadas con el amor romántico como elemento de influencia en la violencia de género. La investigación se realizó sobre una muestra de 60 participantes, 30 mujeres y 30 hombres, internos del centro penitenciario de Salamanca que en el momento de la entrevista se encontraran participando los hombres en un programa de tratamiento con agresores y las mujeres en un programa de tratamiento de víctimas de violencia de género. Los resultados más significativos indican mayores sesgos cognitivos en caso de los hombres en relación a anteponer necesidades, deseos e intereses propios frente a los de la pareja y a la anticipación del pensamiento necesario en el amor romántico. En el caso de las mujeres destaca la necesidad de celotipia y atracción única hacia la pareja para describir el amor auténtico. Este estudio pone de manifiesto la necesidad de analizar la definición de amor romántico por parte de hombres y mujeres, para detectar las distorsiones cognitivas más relacionadas con la violencia de género. This study analyses the beliefs about romantic love as a means of influencing on gender-based violence. The research was conducted on a sample of 60 participants, 30 women and 30 men, inmates in Salamanca penitentiary center, and selected because they were taking part, at the time of the interview, on a treatment program for aggressors, the men, and for victims of gender-based violence, the women. The most remarkable results indicate higher cognitive distortions for men in relation to putt he needs, own wishes and interests against couple’s and thought anticipation to be necessary in romantic love, and for women highlight the need of jealousy and unique attraction to their couple to describe genuine love. This study shows the need to analyze the definition of romantic love, by men and women, to detect cognitive distortions more connected to gender-based violence.