Category Archives: Notícias
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 […]
On November 24-25, 2021, Caritas Coimbra held the 4th Inter-regional Policy Learning Meeting of the EU_SHAFE project. This meeting focused on Domain 4, Health and Community Services. The meeting took place in a hybrid format with the participation of more than 20 EU_SHAFE project partners, from the Basque Country, Slovenia, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and […]
The second phase of validation of the artificial intelligence technology in the SmartWork project has been implemented at Caritas Coimbra since June 2021. The SmartWork system aims to monitor and improve the well-being and quality of work of office workers aged 55 years old and older. This work is done within the scope of the […]
Cáritas Coimbra participated in the plenary meeting of the Pharaon project in Amsterdam, on November 9th, 10th, and 11th, represented by Natália Machado and Sofia Ortet from the Innovation Department. The event took place in a hybrid format, compatible with the current pandemic situation in Europe, which allowed participants to be face-to-face and online, with […]
Cáritas Coimbra presented a paper at the 3rd Sheldon Conference online meeting – “Solutions for aging well at home, in the community, and at work” on October 14. After participating in the EAI GOODTECHS 2021- 7th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good on September 16, 2021, Cáritas Coimbra was invited […]
On 29 and 30 September, Cáritas Coimbra was in Aarhus, Denmark, to participate in the 3rd meeting for intensive sharing of good inter-regional practices of the EU_SHAFE project. Representing the institution were three elements of the Innovation Department, Andrea Campos, Flávia Rodrigues and Natália Machado. This was the first face-to-face meeting since the start of […]
As part of the International Day of Older Persons, celebrated on 1 October, Cáritas Coimbra participated in the event entitled “Ageing in times of pandemic”, which was held at the Pavilhão Centro de Portugal – Coimbra. This was an initiative of the home healthcare company – DCRFuncional – that promoted a set of thematic lectures […]
On the 6th, 7th and 8th of September, Cáritas Coimbra participated in the 6th plenary meeting of the ValueCare project, represented by Natália Machado and Sofia Ortet from the Innovation Department. The event (originally planned to be onsite) took place in a hybrid format, compatible with the current pandemic situation in Europe, which allowed gathering […]
The ValueCare project – Value-based methodology for integrated care supported by ICT – aims to deliver a personalized integrated (health and social) care app and platform, specially built to improve: The quality and outcomes of the care provided to older people; Their satisfaction regarding health and social care providers (including also their formal caregivers and families); The […]
In a continuous commitment to improvement and innovation in the services provided to its users, Cáritas Coimbra has been working on several national and international projects. It is now testing, among older citizens who enjoy the social responses of Day Care Centre and Home Care Services, a set of programmable buttons tailored to each user, […]