Monthly Archives: November 2022
The Day Care Centre of Rainha Santa Isabel Centre, a facility of Cáritas Coimbra, has been testing the pilot of the virtual assistant DIANA, which intends to help older adults in using the toilets. This test is part of the European project DIANA – Digital Intelligent Assistant for Nursing Applications, which has the partnership of […]
The “Toca a Mexer” (let’s get moving) project of the kindergarten of the Nossa Senhora da Anunciação Centre, Caritas Coimbra, was distinguished with the Friendly School seal. This recognition arises from the 5th edition of the Friendly School, which had the participation of thousands of schools from all over the Portuguese territory. The Nossa Senhora […]
On 23, 24 and 25 November, the ValueCare project consortium met in Valencia (Spain), for its 9th plenary meeting. The meeting was attended by the 17 European partners, including Cáritas Coimbra, which was represented by Bruna Franceschini and Maria Inês Santos from the Innovation Department. Members from all work packages, the technology partners, and representatives […]
Smart Healthy Age-friendly Environments (SHAFE) and Social Innovation had been highlighted in Coimbra, on November 8th and 9th, in the International Conference Learning and Implementing Social Innovation. The event aimed to share and discuss approaches, projects, best practices and also ethical aspects and data protection related to Social Innovation, as well as the development and […]
Between October 26th and November 15th, the Innovation Department of Cáritas Coimbra (CDC), Our Watch Leads (OWL) and Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre – Pole at the University of Coimbra (MARE-UC) tested the Citizeen application in the Choupal National Forest, in Coimbra. The activities had the participation of 5 older adults and 5 formal caregivers […]
On November 9th, the PHILIP partners met in Karditsa, Greece, for the second consortium meeting of the project. All partner entities participated including Cáritas Coimbra, represented by Ana Goreti Oliveira and Vera Pinto, from the Innovation Department. During the meeting, the project developments regarding implementation and dissemination were presented. In addition, the national results of […]