Category Archives: Notícias

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 […]

Cáritas Coimbra participated in the third meeting of the IGCAL project – Improving Guidance and Counselling in Adult Learning, which took place on March 31st, through videoconference. After the second IGCAL meeting, which took place in Coimbra from 19th to 21st February, the consortium met again to discuss the project’s developments. The session was also […]

Cáritas Coimbra / SHAFE will participate as speaker in the webinar “COVID-19: European Coordinated Response to the pandemic”, promoted by the EU Health Policy Platform of the European Comission. The session will take place virtually this Friday, the 3rd of April, at 11 CET. Carina Dantas, Innovation Director at Cáritas de Coimbra and Coordinator, with […]

Cáritas Coimbra will participate in the third meeting of the IGCAL project – Improving Guidance and Counselling in Adult Learning, which takes place on March 31st through videoconference. After the second transnational IGCAL meeting, which took place in Coimbra from 19th to 21st February, the consortium meets again to discuss the project’s developments. Given the […]

Cáritas Coimbra participated in the virtual meeting of the Lifebots project, which took place on March 27th. Coimbra was expected to host this meeting, but given the situation in Portugal (and in the world) the consortium gave priority to public health and opted to meet via videoconference. Natália Machado, from Cáritas Coimbra’s Innovation Department, participated […]