Spanish Red Cross Chair for Improving Older People’s Quality of Life

What the chair is

The Spanish Red Cross Chair for Improving Older People’s Quality of Life is an institutional collaboration between the Spanish Red Cross and the University of Santiago de Compostela, or USC. It applies teaching, research, development and innovation to older people’s quality of life.

The team draws on both institutions and external collaborators and publishes through a blog and academic work.

Areas of work

• Research on older people’s quality of life, including applied work aligned with Spanish Red Cross programs
• Knowledge exchange through publications, courses, seminars and conferences
• Employment opportunities for USC students and training for people linked to the Spanish Red Cross
• Collaboration between USC and the non-profit sector
• An observatory interpreting older people’s circumstances to support decisions and strategy

Recent recorded activity

The site reports the close of the 2025–26 academic year, participation in the May 2026 congress of the Sociedade Galega de Xerontoloxía e Xeriatría in Lugo, intergenerational digital-inclusion workshops and studies on an inclusive supermarket model. It also announces new researchers joining the chair’s leadership.

Location

Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Rúa de San Francisco s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña.

Phones: +34 678 563 241, +34 881 812 286 and +34 981 221 000 extension 38504. Email: catedra@cruzroja.es.

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