Monthly Archives: September 2017

Caritas Coimbra organised a public presentation, on the 27th September 2017, of the “Manual of Good Practices for Fall Prevention”, an explanatory guide with the main reasons that cause falls among older adults and, above all, with guidelines and solutions to mitigate / avoid risks. Developed by Anamélia Almeida, audiologist and main author, the manual […]

The event took place at the Lisbon Congress Center on 21 and 22 September and brought together senior officials from 49 Member States of the UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) as well as other relevant entities, namely the United Nations The European Commission, the OECD and representatives of five CPLP countries and also […]

Caritas Coimbra will present the Manual of Good Practices for Prevention of Falls in Older People, in a public session to be held at its facilities, on September 27th at 5:00 p.m. Caritas Coimbra recognized an added value in this Handbook, whose subject matter is extremely important for the institution itself, in accordance with its […]

Cáritas Coimbra was present at the 26th IEEE International Symposium on Human-Robot Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2017 held in Lisbon from August 28th to September 01st. This symposium is a reference forum where innovative, results, the latest developments and future perspectives related to Human-Robot Interactive Communication were presented and discussed. The conference covered a wide range […]