[4][5] He was both struggling financially, declared bankruptcy, and his doctor recommended a move amid his declining health.

[4][5] Due to the German naval presence in the Atlantic Ocean during World War I, their boat had to travel via Cuba and the Azores to ensure a safe passage.

[9][10][11][12] During the Spanish Civil War, Branyas was employed as a nurse working by her husband's side at a Nationalist field hospital in Trujillo, Extremadura.

[4][8] While later living in Girona, Moret became the regional leader of the healthcare organisation Obra Sindical 18 de Julio [es].

[4] He was also the director of the Josep Trueta Hospital, then called Residencia Sanitaria Álvarez de Castro, in Girona from 1972 to 1974.

[20] In an interview with The Observer, she called for better treatment of the elderly: "This pandemic has revealed that older people are the forgotten ones of our society.

[4][22] Branyas officially became the oldest living person in the world on 17 January 2023, after the death of Lucile Randon of France.