Category Archives: Notícias
The Innovation Department of Cáritas Coimbra met again on 31 May to discuss the implementation of the pilot ValueCare project. Approved under the H2020 programme, ValueCare intends to provide a digital solution at the level of integrated and efficient social and health care, aimed at improving the life quality of older people (with cognitive decline, […]
On the 24th and 25th of May, the kickoff meeting of the newest European project of which Cáritas Coimbra is a part took place. The project is IDEAHL – Improving Digital Empowerment for Active Healthy Living, which receives funding from the European Union (EU) under the Horizon 2020 programme. The kickoff meeting took place in […]
On May 19th and 20th, the first face-to-face meeting of the AGAPE project consortium took place. The meeting happener in Florence, Italy, and representing Cáritas Coimbra were Natália Machado and Elisabete Pitarma, from the Innovation Department. The objectives of this meeting were accomplished, leaving some important results. For Cáritas Coimbra, responsible for ethics and co-creation, […]
Cáritas Coimbra was recently awarded by the Joint Forum of Civil Society and Scientific Research, thanks to its video “Active ageing and well-being”. This award comes within the scope of the international video competition “Active ageing with joy”, promoted by the Joint Forum, in which dozens of entities from different countries competed, but only 10 […]
On the 28th of April 2022, the kickoff meeting of the new SUST-AID project took place. It started during the month of March and will last for 36 months. Representing Cáritas Coimbra were Elisabete Pitarma and Renata Gonçalves, from the Innovation Department. The meeting was moderated by the coordinating partner (Poland) and its aim was […]
For 9 months users, 65 years old or older, from Day Centers, Home Support and Residential Units belonging to Caritas Coimbra, participated in a study of adherence to treatment plans with the Klikkit system. The Klikkit system aims to improve adherence to treatment plans, making older people more independent, but also relieving the workload of […]
On January 26th and 27th, Caritas Coimbra attended the kick-off meeting of its new project AAL4ALL. This meeting started the activities of the AAL4ALL project and brought together its consortium, coordinated by the company Anyware Solutions Ap, and composed of other European entities: Ana Aslan International Foundation (Romania), Exthex GmbH (Austria), Hochschule Luzern iHomeLab (Switzerland), […]
In the past 17th and 18th of February 2022, a meeting was held to launch the new AGAPE project that started in February and will last for 30 months. Representing Cáritas Coimbra were the collaborators Flávia Rodrigues and Elisabete Pitarma, from the Innovation Department. The meeting had as objectives the presentation of each partner and […]
Cáritas Coimbra attended the last plenary meeting of the SmartWork project, on February 15, 2021. This work meeting took place online with the participation of Natália Machado and Elisabete Pitarma from the Innovation Department. This meeting had as main objective the presentation, by each partner, of all developments to date, as well as the action […]
On November 23-24,2021, Caritas Coimbra received the DAPAS Project Consortium Meeting at its headquarters. The project partners met for two days in Coimbra, Portugal, for the second face-to-face meeting of the project. Before this session, only two face-to-face meetings had taken place: the kick-off meeting and the mid-term review meeting, both in Austria. The other […]