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train travel for the disabled

Does anyone know if the Spanish train system offers assistants to disabled people like the French SCNF system does?

My traveling companion is elderly and walks with a cane. She can roll her 4 wheeled suitcase easily but I don't see how she could lift it onto a train or into a luggage rack. She couldn't lift even a small carry-on because she is not that steady and has had shoulder surgery on her dominant shoulder. I am able to board a train with my suitcase but I am half her size and cannot assist her too. We are traveling from Perpignan, France to Barcelona Sants and it looks like if we go by train we will be on a Spanish Renfe train. The Renfe website does not mention anything about travelers with limited mobility.