AGE.COMM - Unidade de Investigação Interdisciplinar - Comunidades Envelhecidas Funcionais
Interdisciplinary Research Unit - On Building Functional Ageing Communities
1st congress Abstract Book.
2nd congress Abstract Book.
During the month of March 2019, the EuroAGE Project – Innovative Initiatives for the Promotion of Active Aging in the EUROACE Region (www.euroage.eu) held several sessions to validate a game to train the cognitive abilities of the elderly and also uses a robot. It was developed by the IPCB team through its robotics laboratory. In […]
The “Move-Aged” Project aims to study the urban mobility of the elderly in cities with marked topographic differences and is part of Age.Comm – Interdisciplinary Research Unit – On Building Functional Ageing Communities of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco! Report from minute 36.20 ‘.
in Reconquista (08/11/2017) – http://www.reconquista.pt/ The Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco has just launched a project to intervene in the aging zones, in partnership with the albicastrense and idanhense autarchies. The initiative is extended to Bragança, Portalegre and Guarda. The name of the project may be difficult to pronounce (PerSoParAge), but translated means the search for […]
Mission
Age.Comm’s mission is to understand the phenomenon of aging populations, particularly the analysis of how the communities of the older territories of the Portuguese interior deal with the aging processes, so as to contribute to the development of functional communities through the production and dissemination of knowledge that supports the definition of strategies that enable the well-being and autonomy of the elderly, their integration and participation in local life and the development of the territories.
Eventos
The School of Health Dr. Lopes Dias (ESALD) of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco (IPCB), will hold a seminar on “Progeria: Pathophysiology and Therapies potentials, “led by Célia Aveleira, a researcher at the Foundation for Science and Technology in the Neuroendocrinology and Aging group at the Cell Biology Neurosciences Center at the University of Coimbra. […]
14-16 November, Castelo Branco, Portugal More informations in the Congress website at: http://congress.agecomm.pt/
The VI Seminar of the Master in Social Gerontology, Reality(s) and Risk Contexts, will be held on May 14, 2019, in the auditorium of the School of Education, organized by the Scientific Commission of the Master in Social Gerontology of the IPCB / ESE-ESALD, Maria João Guardado Moreira, Eugénia Grilo and Clotilde Agostinho. This seminar […]