Category Archives: Notícias

On October 6 and 7, the face-to-face meeting of the project DIANA – Digital Intelligent Assistant for Nursing Applications was carried out. The meeting took place in Bucharest, Romania, and was attended by representatives of all work groups and tasks that integrate the consortium: Cáritas Coimbra, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Cogvis, Technical University of Vienna, Geriatrische […]

On September 26th, Cáritas Coimbra was present in a master class at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). The invitation came from Professor Artur Serrano, who teaches the subject Assistive Technologies for assisted living purposes. Representing Cáritas Coimbra was Elisabete Pitarma, project manager of the Innovation Department, who shared insights on the institution’s […]

Cáritas Coimbra’s Nursig Home Santo António is testing the DIANA project pilot, under the scope of the AAL Programme, which consists in the installation of sensors in bedrooms and bathrooms with the purpose of detecting falls, as well as providing relevant information to prevent them. After the first phase of tests in the participants’ bedrooms, […]

In September 2022, Cáritas Coimbra is collecting data on Health Literacy of children and adolescents aged 11 to 15 years old, in the framework of the European project PHILIP – Protection of Health by Increasing the Health Literacy of Pupils. This is a project funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission, in a partnership […]

On September 6-7, Cáritas Coimbra was in Lucerne, Switzerland, to participate in the consortium meeting of the AAL4All project, which started in January of this year.  During these two days, the consortium discussed the project’s developments, trying to exchange knowledge and experiences among the various partners, with special focus on the analysis of the technology […]

On August 30th, Cáritas Coimbra participates in a workshop on “Shaping a New Approach to Rehabilitation at Home with the Support of a Virtual Trainer”. This event took place in Brussels and was attended by several international entities. This workshop is part of the LIFEBOTS Exchange project, of which Cáritas Coimbra is a partner. Cáritas […]

For two weeks, from 22 August to 2 September, Cáritas Coimbra is on exchange in the Belgian capital – Brussels, under the LIFEBOTS Exchange project. During this period, Elisabete Pitarma, from the Innovation Department of Cáritas Coimbra, is being hosted at EHTEL – Collaborating for Digital Health and Care in Europe to carry out her […]

The Innovation Department of Cáritas Coimbra is continuing the recruitment phase for the ValueCare project pilot. In this first stage, the team is delivering tablets to the participants (people over 65, with little social and family support and at risk of social isolation), in order to later install the digital solution ValueCare. In the last […]

ALLright(s) – Direitos para tod@s (ALLright(s) – Rights for all) is the new project of the Cáritas Coimbra. It has started in June 2022. The project aims to raise awareness and empower children and young people, from pre-school to secondary school, in the fields of human rights education, diversity, interculturality, gender awareness and gender equality […]

From 5 to 7 July, Cáritas Coimbra was in Izola, Slovenia, participating in the plenary meeting of the large scale project Pharaon. During these three days, the consortium debated the project’s developments, with special focus on the pilot implementation phase, which is now beginning. Representing Cáritas Coimbra was Elisabete Pitarma, from the Innovation Department, who […]