Her research topics include those related to the rural world, its problems and potentialities, and she is especially concerned with the group of older adults. She has directed the European Project ``Population Study on Dependency and Socio-welfare Situation in the Northeast Territory of Salamanca`` (2011), coordinated within the Mixed Program of Training and Employment of the Junta de Castilla y León, the Certificate of Professionalism of “Caregivers at home” (2020) and has received the Research Award from the Valladolid Provincial Council with the work “Co-creating solutions with people and generating services between humans: strategies for smart rural territories” (2020). She has also been awarded as an entrepreneurial and innovative rural woman by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Government of Spain (2010).

Social Worker and Ph.D. in Sociology (international mention; Doctor Europeus).He has extensive experience in the development of research projects, especially those related to evaluation processes: he has participated as a member of the team for the evaluation of European projects aimed at promoting gender equality (EQUAL) -Local Activ@ and Perla-, and has directed and coordinated monitoring and assessment projects of pilot projects for the reorganisation of long-term care in home and community settings promoted by the Gerencia de Servicios Sociales of the Junta de Castilla y León -A Gusto en Mi Casa, INTecum, Rural Care-. Also, he has directed or coordinated several research projects on personal assistance, third sector of social action and evaluation of social services and he has participated as member of the research team of different national and regional R+D+i. As a result of this work, he has published articles in scientific journals (REIS, Papers, Journal of Regional Research, Cuadernos de Trabajo Social, etc.) and book chapters (publishers: CIS, UNED, etc.).

Is an Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health, Mental Health and Mother-Infant Nursing at University of Barcelona. She is also a member of the Research Group on Aging, Frailty & Transitions in Barcelona (REFiT) recognized by the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR) of the Government of Catalonia. She is an advisor of state agencies and member of professional societies. Her research and practice interests cover a wide range of fields, including integrated care, chronic care management, loneliness and social isolation among older population, health promotion, primary care and digital health and care.

Psychology degree from the University of Salamanca. Member of the CyL with the number CL 01836.
University Master in Gerontology from the University of Salamanca.
Since 1998, Mª Lozano develops her professional activity in Gerencia Regional de Servicios Sociales of the Junta de Castilla y León. She carries out tasks of planning resources and services in integrated care from the person-centred care model, intended to elderly people in rural areas; evaluation of quality of life in the implementation of new models of residential care and proximity resources/services; assessment of situations of dependency; evaluation and planning of interventions in processes of cognitive impairment; and coordination with local socio-health entities and services in proximity programmes in rural areas (Integr@tención and Fronteira2020 projects).

Lecturer at the University of Valencia. President of the Valencian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology. She is a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Pilares for Personal Autonomy Foundation. She has been Vice-President of the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology.
She has been technical coordinator of the IMSERSO's Ageing and Vulnerability Network (Ministry of Social Affairs, now Ministry of Social Rights & 2030 Agenda), for which she has also carried out various training tasks. Se has participated in several national and European research projects without interruption since 1994, which have resulted in hundreds of publications and conferences. She has supervised (completed and work in progress) more than 25 doctoral thesis.
One of the most recent research focuses on loneliness, social participation and generativity.
She has recently been appointed Coordinator and member of the Innovation Committee against unwanted loneliness in vulnerable groups of the Valencian Agency for Innovation, Generalitat Valenciana (2019).

I consider myself a nurse, trainer and researcher, curious, creative and transformative. As a clinical nurse I have worked in multiple health care settings in positions such as geriatric, neurorehabilitation, medical and surgical, cardiology, hemodialysis, reproductive medicine, primary care and personal assistance. I have an extensive training and researching experience with different companies and institutions. Currently, I am working as a nurse supervisor in the Psicogeriatric Clinic Josefina Arregi. I have lived two years in England and travelled much of Europe and America. I am a versatile and sociable person, with high adaptability, proactive, tenacious and persevering. Also, I enjoy learning and creating synergies, as well as detecting and developing personal and professional skills of the people around me.

Registered Nurse, Specialist Community Nursing, with Differentiated Increased Competencies in Clinical Supervision, Master in Nursing in the Area of Nursing Management, Master in Nursing in the Area of Community Nursing, PhD student in Management at Universidade Europeia. Coordinator at Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa and also Visiting Assistant Professor at Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa. Professional career focused on long term care with participation in the Social Organs of the National Order of Nurses (2012-2015), having carried out several national and international publications and communications in the areas listed with an incursion in management, quality indicators and information systems.

Anabela Salgueiro studied sociology and has made all her professional career at Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, since 1985. On the first 20 years, at the Children Artistic Center, she was part of a team working on the field of art education, aesthetics and art expression for children, artists and educators, an innovative project that has influenced the setting-up of other initiatives created in Portugal on the following years.
Since 2005, she has been working on social issues, currently on the Sustainable Development Programme, on the promotion of pilot-projects aiming to address complex problems, in what concerns to Children and Youth at Risk and Older People, coordinating the management and monitoring of the projects, participating on the design of new calls, projects and initiatives, with experts on those fields. On the last few years, she updated skills on Ageing, Projects management and Management in Partnership.
Dementia, intergenerational relations and isolation were themes chosen to pilot-projects, seminars and conferences. Nowadays, the priorities are centered on the promotion of the quality of life and wellbeing, autonomy and resilience of older people, healthy ageing and ageing in place; Dementia, support and qualification to informal and professional caregivers and the qualification of the care; and violence and abuse against older people.