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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.
The response is available in 13 districts, with Vila Real, Braga, Porto, and Aveiro being the districts with the highest number of municipalities offering foster care.
The lack of therapeutic responses in educational centers has been identified for several years, recalls Luísa Neto, expressing concern regarding the lack of social support for children and young people.
The author reflects on the challenges of increased longevity, arguing that existing nursing home facilities are insufficient and that new social and support systems are urgently needed to ensure a good quality of life in old age.
The provider of the Santa Casa de Vale de Cambra, António Pina Marques, states that the goal is to “increase the maximum installed capacity” because there are “many people to serve.”
Seven out of ten nursing homes have no vacancies, and some people wait six months for one. Perhaps it is worth looking not only at how much we spend, but at how we pay.
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.
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.
Fourth part of 'Doa a Quem Doer', from June 20, 2026.
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.
