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Addressing the urgent need for creative and pragmatic solutions to reduce hospital bed occupancy caused by patients remaining for social rather than medical reasons.
APRe! urges the Government and Parliament to prioritize and implement effective solutions to address the critical issue of social hospitalisations.
Andreia Galvão highlighted that the released data demonstrate “significant regional asymmetries”.
Residential care home, home support, and continuing care in a single space. Cerci Flor da Vida inaugurates the complex in Azambuja tomorrow, with funding from the PRR.
Two children were taken to Braga Hospital as a precaution and both are doing well
The Hospitaller Youth organization carried out a solidarity-based holiday programme involving individuals receiving mental health care.
Social sector institutions have requested an extension until December for projects under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) that cannot be completed by July 31, suggesting a complementary financial solution. In an open letter, they estimate that around 1,000 social support facilities, representing 50,000 places, remain unfinished. The institutions highlight obstacles such as delays in electrical grid installations and call for VAT reimbursement and clearer guidelines to ensure these vital projects for childhood, disability, and elderly care are not abandoned.
The ratio of monitors and assistants to people requiring greater support has increased. The Activity and Training Centres for Inclusion will be able to support up to 15 more people.
The Union of IPSS in the Azores claims it is owed 4.2 million euros in subsidies and blames the Regional Government, which commissioned a study on the actual costs of the institutions.
Ana Povo understands that 'nobody wants to have such a facility at their doorstep', but points out that the room 'is essential to address public health issues for the entire population'.
The Regional Secretary for Health and Social Security presided over the commemorations and underscored the institution's role in home support, assistance to the elderly, and social inclusion.
Fourth part of 'Doa a Quem Doer', from June 20, 2026.
For 40 years, a man dedicated his life to caring for his brother. When he died, he left a request to the family: that they never abandon Rui.
The head of the Union of Misericórdias has issued a warning regarding the critical state and potential collapse of the country's network of care homes.
President Seguro has called out the spiralling costs of old people’s homes in a country where old people already vastly outnumber the young. Just in the last 12 months, monthly The post President calls out spiralling costs of old people’s homes appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The association emphasises the urgent requirement for more residential care facilities for senior citizens.
For Manuel Lemos, president of the Union of Portuguese Misericórdias, the measure fits into a logic of balance between rights and duties in a society that funds a vast set of public benefits and services.
A programme dedicated to young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder already has more than 30 on its attendance list. It is run by psychologists and therapists to provide socialisation skills to the young people.
Psychologist Melanie Tavares, from the Institute for Child Support, examines the case of the French children who were abandoned by their mother in Portugal.
Child psychiatrist Ana Vasconcelos says it is essential that, at this moment, 'caregiving adults' support the two children who were abandoned. The expert admitted on the Telejornal news programme that this case of abandonment by the mother is rare.
People aged between 56 and 85 were living in housing without hygienic conditions.
Santa Casa de Lisboa recorded its best operating result in 17 years in 2025, with profits of 43.6 million euros, and contributed approximately 870 million to the State through social lottery games, the institution announced this Thursday, the 9th. According to a statement, the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (SCML) reported a net profit of 43.6 million euros, a 44% increase compared to 2024, consolidating its financial recovery and allowing for the acceleration of restructuring plan targets. The institution highlighted growth in social action and health services, as well as a strong performance in social lottery sales, which reached 3.143 billion euros in gross revenue.
The local authority's social programme aims to facilitate access to information, ensure support and social protection, and strengthen the community's wellbeing, inclusion and cohesion.
The Parents in Struggle movement denounced in the Assembly of the Republic that the State does not guarantee adequate social support. A father went on hunger strike in Braga to secure a place at a CACI for his son.
Faro City Council has made 20 beds available at the Municipal Swimming Pools to accommodate homeless people and provide temporary assistance during the coldest period of the year.. This is The post Faro opens swimming pool pavilion for homeless over cold snap appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Coimbra's Homelessness Planning and Intervention Unit (NPISA) has reinforced its integrated response to assist 125 people experiencing homelessness after the cold worsened, the City Council said today.
Event at 10:00 providing a charity/solidarity breakfast for people who are homeless.
Media reports that the number of people experiencing homelessness has tripled in under ten years, while sales of antibiotics have declined for the first time in four years.
