Community care enables Primary Care teams to work beyond the consultation, alongside local councils, organisations and citizens. The initiatives developed include walking groups, emotional wellbeing workshops, support for relatives of people with dementia, programmes addressing unwanted loneliness, and activities aimed at older people, children and caregivers.
One of the main advances has been the recommendation of community health resources, integrated into electronic health records since 2018. Since then, more than 17,000 patients have received recommendations during consultations for resources in their local area, such as physical and cultural activities or associations. More than 80% of those assessed say they are satisfied, while nearly 70% report improvements in their health or wellbeing.
Older people account for a large share of these recommendations. By the end of 2025, 7,870 people aged 65 or over had received at least one, representing 56.5% of the total, and 74% were women. Physical activity appears in more than 70% of cases, while improving social relationships and preventing loneliness feature in almost half.
Health Minister Ángel Sanz highlighted that the strategy has become one of the strongest areas of Aragon's Primary Care system and argued that cooperation between healthcare professionals and the community makes it possible to provide responses that are more closely aligned with the population's real needs.
