“How
Do We Care for Our Caregivers?” This is the topic of a meeting that the project “Cuidar de Quem Cuida” (CQC) – Caring for Those Who Care, developed in partnership with CINTESIS – Center for Health Technology and Services Research will hold on October 20 from 9h30 to 13h00 at the Auditorium of the Almeida Garrett Library in Porto.
The opening session is expected to be attended by the CASTIIS team, Filipe Almeida, president of Portugal Social Innovation, Afonso Fontoura, from MAZE, and Luís Jerónimo, from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
The heads of the other institutions involved in the project will also participate, including CINTESIS, which will be represented by professor Oscar Ribeiro. The CINTESIS/University of Aveiro researcher will intervene in the session entitled “Well-being of Informal Caregivers in Portugal: Which Way to Go?“. Joana Lourenço from the National Palliative Care Commission, Cláudia Marques from the Aga Khan Foundation, Isabel Jourdan from the Caring for Informal Caregivers Movement, and Mariana Ribeiro Ferreira from CUF will be with him.
There will also be a session on “Good Practices in Intervention with Formal Caregivers”, which will feature Flávia Machado from the Faculty of Sports of the University of Porto, Ana Costa from the Residências Conde das Devesas, and Marlene Fernandes from the Portuguese Association of Disabled People.
“Cuidar de Quem Cuida” (Caring for Those Who Care) is implemented by CASTIIS and MAZE, with CINTESIS, Portugal Social Innovation, and ACSS as partners and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and CUF as social investors. The project is co-funded by the Social Inclusion and Employment Operational Program (PO ISE in Portuguese), Portugal 2020, and the European Union.
Register at: https://forms.gle/FX9j5TegG6rhSaQC8
The program of the meeting is available here.