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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 […]

Population ageing is a reality observed in all countries of the European Union (EU), constituting itself as a demographic phenomenon – but also a social, economic, cultural and health one – that imposes new challenges. According to Eurostat[1], in 2018, nearly one fifth of the EU population was aged 65 or more. Within the last […]

It was on February 1st that the La 2 channel, from the Spanish public television – TVE, introduced the GrowMeUp project to its audience. The Cáritas Coimbra project was presented as an example of technology that was developed to help older people in their daily lives. Cáritas Coimbra received, at the facilities of the Rainha […]

Cáritas Coimbra participated in the II Congress of Continuous and Palliative Care that took place on November 21st and 22nd, at the Headquarters of the S. João de Deus Institute (promoter of the event), in Lisbon. During the first day of the congress, which was sold out, parallel sessions were held. Andrea Campos, from the […]

On October 3rd and 4th, the CRISH Course – Co-Creating Innovative Solutions for Health – took place at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra. Cáritas Coimbra participated as a speaker/motivator, on the first day of the event, to share some of the work developed and to present some projects. Carina Dantas, Innovation […]