Category I+D

30 Jul

The Olot City Council and the OAFI Foundation are collaborating to improve joint health and quality of life for older adults

The facilities of the Fundació Antic Hospital Sant Jaume d’Olot—the Montsacopa and Sant Jaume nursing homes and the assisted-living residences for seniors in Balmes and Parc Nou—have earned OAFI Space certification with a compliance rate exceeding 80%. The assessment analyzed a total of 37 different spaces and 866 items to ensure safer, more accessible, and […]

30 Jul

ISACARE, the new European innovation project aimed at promoting the detection of signs of frailty in older adults through robotics and AI in the home setting

Lleida, July 30, 2026 Group Saltó and the International Osteoarthritis Foundation (OAFI) are launching the ISACARE project, an innovation project selected to participate in the second open call for proposals of the European ARISE initiative, following a competitive process in which 170 proposals from various European countries were submitted. The goal of ISACARE is to […]

20 Jul

DOWN ESPAÑA and the OAFI Foundation have signed a framework agreement to promote musculoskeletal health among people with Down’s syndrome

The partnership involves carrying out joint initiatives in the areas of prevention, training and research to improve the quality of life of people with Down’s syndrome Barcelona, 20 July 2026. DOWN ESPAÑA and the Osteoarthritis Foundation International (OAFI) have signed a framework agreement for collaboration with the aim of promoting joint initiatives that contribute to […]

20 May

The EXODOL Study: on the experience of overweight or obese patients with back pain in routine clinical practice

The Exodol study, a project initiated by OAFI and led by the Dr Josep Vergés Milano, has been approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Santiago-Lugo, Galicia, for nationwide implementation. What is the purpose of the study? Being overweight and obesity can contribute to back pain, significantly affecting daily life, independence, emotional well-being and interactions […]

30 Mar

“Falls in the bathroom: the main risk for people with osteoarthritis and osteoporosis”

When we think of fall prevention, we tend to picture the street, stairs, an outdoor outing or sporting activities. However, the place where the most serious accidents involving older people occur is not outside, but inside the home: the bathroom. Various studies show that around 33% of people over the age of 65 suffer at […]

25 Feb

65% of falls in our homes occur in the bathroom.

Barcelona, 25 February 2026 – A study promoted by the International Foundation for Patients with Osteoarthritis and Osteoporosis (OAFI) confirms that adapting bathrooms, especially by replacing bathtubs with walk-in showers, significantly increases the safety, independence and emotional well-being of older people with osteoarthritis and osteoporosis by preventing falls. The report, entitled ‘Exploration and validation of […]

27 Jan

The SONAR Chair is established, a health chair at UVic-UCC, to promote health and prevention in sport and physical activity.

Vic, January 27th 2026. – The University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) is introducing a new chair to its research and knowledge transfer ecosystem. This is the SONAR Chair – Health and Prevention in Sport and Physical Activity, the twentieth chair at this university, established under a collaboration agreement by UVic-UCC —through […]

12 Nov

Breast Cancer Screening

Article by Marina Geli Fàbrega, doctor and former Health Minister Population screenings Population-based screening is one of the most effective and equitable public health strategies for detecting diseases among population subgroups in the asymptomatic phase. Breast cancer screening reduces mortality by 30% in women over the age of 50. In Catalonia, public population-based screening is […]

30 Oct

More than 73,000 people over the age of 15 in La Rioja suffer from chronic pain.

Logroño, 30 October 2025 This Wednesday, 29 October, the Osteoarthritis Foundation International (OAFI), under the OAFI Space initiative, a unique programme at national and international level, the result of OAFI’s R&D, which observes, reviews and certifies spaces based on their adaptability to joint health, has accredited the Ballesol Logroño Nursing Home (La Rioja) as a […]

28 Oct

Stronger than pain

THE OAFI FOUNDATION CELEBRATES THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS AND OSTEOPOROSIS. WITH THE SLOGAN ‘STRONGER THAN PAIN’, MORE THAN 500 PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS AND OSTEOPOROSIS GATHER IN BARCELONA TO BREAK THE SILENCE ON JOINT PAIN. Barcelona, 27th of October. The International Osteoarthritis and Osteoporosis Foundation (OAFI) On 22 and 23 October, the […]

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