‘Shaping the Future: Social Protection and Support Systems for an Aging World’ was held, organised by the Social Observatory of the ‘la Caixa’ Foundation and the World Bank with the aim of addressing the challenges of social care in ageing from a multidimensional strategy..

Some 23.1% of Spain’s GDP is assigned to programmes for the care of elderly people, health, unemployment, disability, family, social exclusion and housing.

In Spain, 10% of women perform care work, by far exceeding the 5% of male carers.

Between 2008 and 2018, benefits for the elderly increased, whereas benefits for families did not improve.