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Cáritas Coimbra will participate in the plenary meeting of the ValueCare project. It was planned to take place in Athens – Greece, on the 23rd and 24th of March, but given the situation in which the country and the world find themselves, the consortium chose security and, alternatively, will meet by videoconference on the same days. Despite […]
Cáritas Coimbra was once again very active in the 2019 edition of the AAL Forum, an event that brought together around 700 participants in Aarhus, Denmark, to discuss the themes of the AAL (Active and Assisted Living) Program. As in 2018, Cáritas Coimbra was a member of the AAL Forum Organizing Committee, participating as a […]
From 4-6 September, Cáritas Coimbra will be present at the meeting of the AVIK cultural exchange and social inclusion project in Valencia – Spain. This is a project funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union. The third meeting’s agenda includes the presentation of the project’s website and Facebook page, as well as the […]
On May 9 and 10, Cáritas Coimbra attended the meeting of the D4 Action Group of the European Innovation Partnership for Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP-AHA) at the LifeScience Park in Krakow, Poland. On May 9, Cáritas Coimbra represented by Carina Dantas, Director of the Innovation Department, did a presentation on the dissemination of SmartWork, […]
On May 14 and 15, Cáritas Coimbra was in Vienna, Austria, with all its consortium partners of the Toilet4me project, for the final evaluation of the results achieved by the AAL Programme and external experts. The Toilet4me project aims to build on the results of an earlier project, iToilet, which had as its main challenge […]
Cáritas Coimbra was in Brussels, Belgium, on May 2 and 3, represented by Ana Luísa Jegundo and Natália Machado, from the Innovation Department to participate in the kick-off meeting of the Lifebots project. On May 2, Ana Luísa – Project Manager – shared the experiences and expectations of Cáritas Coimbra regarding the importance of the […]
Cáritas Coimbra promoted 5 good practices identified in theActive and Healthy Ageing Catalog of Good Practices of Portugal Central Region , published by Centro Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDRC) in partnership with the Ageing@Coimbra consortium. Technologies connect people | p. 39 Fisio Plus | p. 63 Best Practice Handbook – Preventing Falls in Older People | p. […]
Although more than 40% of the working-age population in Portugal are over 55, do these workers feel active and involved in working life? Can they maintain or adopt healthy lifestyles? Accompanying constant innovations in work tools or renewing their professional skills? According to the latest data from INE – National Statistics Institute, it is estimated […]
Lessons learned and next steps – Thematic Networks 2018 Webinar | 31 January 2019 | 14:30 – 15:30 CET Following the tremendous success of the Thematic Network SHAFE, Cáritas Coimbra and AFEdemy will participate in the Webinar Lessons learned and next steps – Thematic Networks 2018, sharing their challenges and experience during 2018, aiming at the enhancement […]
The final results of Collaborative Work between members of Action Groups D4 and C2 of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP-AHA) – Caregivers’ role on ICT for AFE is now available. This joint collaboration started in February 2018 with a common vision shared during the C2 Action Group parallel session of EIP-AHA Conference of […]