Category Archives: Notícias
Cáritas Coimbra represents Portugal at the SilverEco® and Ageing Well International Awards. The SilverEco® and Ageing Well International Awards are part of a worldwide initiative that will reward products, projects, services and other initiatives with innovative features at all levels: research and development, architecture, design for all, robotics, marketing, new technologies, among others. If you […]
Cáritas Coimbra was on February 27 in Pombal to discuss the need for greater planning and joint work in the strategy of support to older citizens at the conference ON Care – Innovation in Senior Health. The initiative was promoted by the Foundation Dr. José Lourenço Júnior, Abiul as part of its mission to support […]
Cáritas Coimbra participated in a meeting of the work group of the Sheldon COST project on February 27 and 28, in Paredes. At this COST meeting Cáritas Coimbra was represented by its Innovation Director, Carina Dantas, who joined other researchers from 35 different countries to discuss Friendly Environments for the older adults. The SheldOn project […]
Cáritas Coimbra will participate in the Exhibition of Solutions and Innovative Projects – Intervention in the Adult and Advanced Age, next March 15 in the room Lopes de Melo, in the headquarters of the Núcleo de Coimbra da Liga dos Combatentes. An invitation was sent to Cáritas Coimbra to participate in this event, which is […]
In 2018, the percentage of men and women between 18 and 24 years of age who dropped out studying without completing the high school in Portugal was of 11,8, almost achieving the target of having a school drop-out rate of no more than 10% under the ‘Europe 2020 Objective’. With the objective of producing substantial […]
Cáritas Coimbra, in partnership with ESEnfC, participated on 14 february in Coruña – Galicia, at a round table on the theme Healthy Cities. Flávia Rodrigues, from the Innovation Department of Cáritas Coimbra and João Apóstolo, Professor of the Nursing School of Coimbra, participated in the event, representing the Portuguese Network of Smart, Healthy and Age-Friendly […]
Cáritas Coimbra, in addition to the services it provides, has been investing in two areas in the recent years: research on possible innovative solutions and influence on policies in the area of demographic change, valuing learning and exchanging experiences through national and international networks. In the research area, Cáritas Coimbra has, in 2019, seven ongoing […]
Cáritas Coimbra was in Lille, France from January 29 to 30 to participate in the 2019 AgeingFit International Conference. Carina Dantas – Director of the Department of Innovation, was representing the institution at the event, moderating the Plenary Session of this Conference. As longevity rises, a growing population is likely to experience a decline in capability […]
Caritas Coimbra is a supporter of the European Commission Breast Cancer Initiative (ECIBC). The ECIBC has released 17 new recommendations providing now access to a total of 40 recommendations on breast cancer screening and diagnosis, as part of the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC), announced also via the JRC website (EU Science Hub). The published recommendations address: how […]
Cáritas Coimbra is one of the entities in the operating group of the Ageing@Coimbra consortium, a reference site of the European Innovation Partnership for Active and Healthy Ageing – EIP-AHA. Ageing@Coimbra’s working model supports the adoption of bottom-up, inclusive, and holistic approaches to create regional networks and partnerships with the aim of supporting the creation […]