Category Archives: Notícias CDC

Cáritas Coimbra participated in the Coimbra Sustainability Summit, organized under the DIATOMIC project and coordinated by Pedro Nunes Institute, Association for Innovation and Development in Science and Technology. Carina Dantas, Director of the Cáritas Coimbra’s Innovation Department, did a presentation where she made the institution known and spoke about the user’s perspective on the difference […]

Within the scope of the support that the Sem Diferenças E7G Project has made with the community and in conjunction with the School Group, in the last week, the need to open the doors of the project headquarters was felt at different times. It begins with the aim of providing support in small school and […]

Cáritas Coimbra is preparing the return of the DAPAS project, complying with the necessary safety and hygiene standards. This project saw the start of implementation of its pilot interrupted due to the installation of the state of emergency caused by the pandemic of COVID-19. The project that brings together the successful results of previous AAL […]

Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Cáritas Coimbra worked with its users to find solutions to combat distance and prevent the interruption of the innovation activities. Thus, Caritas Coimbra brought together 14 people residing in the Sagrada Família Residential Unit, operating in Cabreira, Góis, and Casa S. José, in Coimbra, in two groups […]

Cáritas Coimbra participated as a speaker in the digital Think Tank of the “PME no Radar” initiative, dedicated to Technology in times of “new normal”. The session, promoted by Jornal de Negócios in partnership with Santander (Portugal), took place on April 28 and the public was able to follow live on social networks. The institutional opening of […]

The NET4AGE-FRIENDLY COST Action – International Interdisciplinary Network on Smart Healthy Age-friendly Environments was approved, in a call led by Cáritas Coimbra in a joint collaboration with AFEdemy, connecting researchers from 47 countries, as a follow-up of the work of these organizations coordinating the Stakeholders Network on SHAFE. Carina Dantas, Innovation Director at Cáritas Coimbra […]

In March, with the declaration of the state of emergency, Cáritas Coimbra had to close Day Care Centres, which meant that more than 200 senior citizens were left without the possibility of using this service, that they attended on a daily basis. From this group, 140 older adults lack a close support from their family, […]

At a time when society lives in a state of emergency, digital platforms play a key role in supporting citizens, particularly the older ones. Population ageing is a reality observed in all countries of the European Union – in 2018, 19% of this population was aged 65 or more[1]. Due to social distance during the […]

In 2014 Cáritas Coimbra took the first steps in working with social robots, through the GrowMeUp project, funded by the European Commission’s H2020 programme. This project developed a robot to support the needs of citizens over 65 in their daily life tasks. Enhancing the dialogue between the person and the robot, alerts for taking medication, […]

Cáritas Coimbra has shown its support for the recent Declaration of Support to the World Health Organisation (WHO) initiative “Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020-2030”, released by the Reference Site Collaborative Network (RSCN). This will be a worldwide effort, led by WHO, so that people can live longer, but also healthier. Cáritas Coimbra is one of […]