Category Archives: Notícias CDC

Pressure ulcers are a disease that affects a significant number of patients admitted to hospitals. The causes may be different, such as a consequence of chronic diseases, trauma, burns, malnutrition and even pain due to the bed structure. The development of these ulcers exposes the patient to a situation of risk that along with other […]

“Which role should public health payers and private insurers play to address the consequences of the ageing demographic trend in Europe?”. Is the theme of the debate that Cáritas Coimbra, represented by Carina Dantas – Director of the Department of Innovation, moderated at the 2019 AgeingFit Conference, which will take place on January 29 and […]

With the increase in average life expectancy, we must put our eyes on the future and prevent and control the most common cognitive and motor diseases in older citizens. Healthier older persons, active and capable of facing the challenges of aging, are the main objective of the new Caritas Coimbra – ReHab project, financed by […]

Cáritas Coimbra promoted 5 good practices identified in theActive and Healthy Ageing Catalog of Good Practices of Portugal Central Region , published by Centro Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDRC) in partnership with the Ageing@Coimbra consortium. Technologies connect people | p. 39 Fisio Plus | p. 63 Best Practice Handbook – Preventing Falls in Older People | p. […]

Although more than 40% of the working-age population in Portugal are over 55, do these workers feel active and involved in working life? Can they maintain or adopt healthy lifestyles? Accompanying constant innovations in work tools or renewing their professional skills? According to the latest data from INE – National Statistics Institute, it is estimated […]

Cáritas Coimbra will be in Athens, Greece, from January 9 to 11, to participate in the kick-off meeting of the Smartwork project, funded by the European Union, under Horizon 2020. The institution will be represented by Carina Dantas and Flávia Rodrigues, from the Innovation Department. SmartWork aims to develop and validate innovative digital solutions so […]

On December 3 and 4, Cáritas Coimbra was in Vienna, represented by Carina Dantas, Ana Jegundo and Flávia Rodrigues from the Innovation Department, to participate in the kick-off meeting of the project Toilet4me. The Toilet4me project aims to build on the results of an earlier project, iToilet, which had as its main challenge the creation […]

Cáritas Coimbra participated as a speaker at the Annual EU Health Policy Platform Conference, organized by the European Commission, in Brussels on 12 November. Carina Dantas, of the Innovation Department of Cáritas Coimbra, was a speaker at the Roundtable “The role of Stakeholders in EU Health Policy”, where she discussed with the Directors and Advisors […]

Cáritas Coimbra will be attending the Nortexcel Care Workshop | Centre of Excellence in Medical Technologies, to be held on October 25 at the Magno Auditorium of the School of Health of the Polytechnic of Porto (ESS). Cáritas will be represented by Carina Dantas, Innovation Department Director, who will moderate the session “New technologies applied […]

Caritas of Coimbra was, as a member of the board, at the General Assembly table of the European Convention on Demographic Change, represented by the Vice-President of the Convention, Carina Dantas and a member of the Assembly, Ana Jegundo. Carina Dantas was also conducting the formal presentation of the Activities Report held the previous year […]