This project aims to broaden the scope of care that the organisation already provides in terms of physical and emotional health, certification and differentiation. Psychological support, physical therapy and occupational therapy is now also offered alongside medical and nursing care.

Location: Porto Metropolitan Area
Promoter: Benéfica e Previdente – Associação Mutualista

This project offers an integrated response that prioritises digital transformation, team training and supervision, and the introduction of technological solutions for monitoring health parameters, with a view to improving care, autonomy and quality of life.

Location: Lower Alentejo Region
Promoter: Cáritas Diocesana de Beja

This project aims to provide neighbourhood services, with longer opening hours, focusing on specific areas such as health, rehabilitation, cognitive stimulation (at home or in social spaces in the community), social support and training for formal and informal carers.

Location: Aveiro Region
Promoter: Centro Paroquial de S. Bernardo

This project aims at developing an integrated home care model with different services and areas of expertise, including the creation of a digital platform to strengthen the emotional dimension, training, information and the empowerment of users and their carers.

Location: Ave Region
Promoter: Centro Social da Irmandade de S. Torcato

This project focuses on forming multidisciplinary teams, suited to the identified physical, mental and social needs of older people and their informal carers. The aim is to combat the social isolation of older people and their carers through personalised actions in the home.

Location: Alto Minho
Promoter: Centro Social e Paroquial de Lavradas

This project aims at developing a specialised community/home response for people with dementia and their carers. The goal is to avoid early institutionalisation, to promote proximity, accessibility and continuity of care, to encourage links with community resources, and to empower people with dementia and their carers in adapting to the disease.

Location: Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Promoter: Instituto S. João de Deus

This project aims at increasing the number of users covered and diversifying care by providing telecare services, equipment and materials to support functionality and autonomy (technical aids), psychological support, and training for carers.

Location: Beira Baixa Region
Promoter: Centro de Dia de S. Silvestre de Escalos de Baixo

This project aims to ensure and extend the support already provided, guaranteeing an individualised care plan, provided by an interdisciplinary team that integrates health and social care (social worker, psychologist, speech therapist, occupational therapist, nurse).

Location: Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Promoter: Santa Casa da Misericórdia da Venda do Pinheiro

This project aims at diversifying the range of care provided to improve users' functional abilities and reduce hospitalisation and emergency room visits. It hopes to achieve these goals by using technological solutions for monitoring users and training carers.

Location: The Algarve
Promoter: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Albufeira

This project aims at diversifying the range of care provided by the home care service, through physical and cognitive stimulation and rehabilitation sessions, socialising and sharing among peers, and walks. It also includes theory-based and practical training, capacity-building and information sessions.

Location: Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Promoter: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Almada

This project aims to improve the physical and mental health of older people, preventing illness, by forming a multidisciplinary team and providing physical therapy and psychological support, including individual and group monitoring and rehabilitation.

Location: Trás-os-Montes
Promoter: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Bragança

This project aims to provide an innovative response for home care, focusing on geriatric psychomotricity. It also aims to develop the "Cuidadora São” system, a virtual carer, available via telephone, who tracks and monitors health data, therapies and emotional support.

Location: Upper Alentejo Region
Promoter: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Campo Maior

This project focuses on preventive care and the physical and mental health rehabilitation of home care service users by introducing occupational therapy, creating a network of volunteers who regularly visit users, and developing cultural activities in the community.

Location: Lower Alentejo Region
Promoter: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Mértola

This project aims to improve the quality of the home care service provided by investing in digital solutions that allow for better follow-up and monitoring of users, and in the acquisition of technical aids that improve the care provided.

Location: The Azores – S. Miguel Island
Promoter: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Vila Franca do Campo

This project introduces different technological solutions to improve the quality of the services provided and bring families closer to older people.

Locations: Beiras and Serra da Estrela Regions
Promoter: Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Fundão

An integrated home care model for families of people with dementia in rural Ribatejo. It combines health and social care, specialist dementia support, professional training, and the creation of a Family Care Plan. The aim is to fill gaps in local provision and engage municipalities in developing integrated community-based solutions.

Location: Lezíria do Tejo (six municipalities)
Lead organisation: Alzheimer Portugal – Núcleo do Ribatejo

This project addresses the needs of dependent people and their informal caregivers, enhancing the skills of home care teams and coordinating with health services. It offers therapies, personal assistance, and 24-hour caregiver respite, adapting to each case to keep people at home with dignity and safety.

Location: Alentejo Central
Promoting entity: Cáritas Arquidiocesana de Évora

Developed in a predominantly rural setting, this project focuses on keeping older people at home safely and with dignity. By coordinating health and social services and using proximity technology, it aims to improve health, reduce caregiver burden, promote the digitalization of care, and reduce preventable hospitalizations.

Location: Baixo Alentejo
Promoting entity: Cáritas Diocesana de Beja

Support for older people in the Algarve mountains, living in scattered and hard-to-reach villages with very basic living conditions. The project offers personalized services – tailored to each user – in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nursing, and social support. It also includes health literacy activities and social gatherings, addressing needs in areas without similar services.

Location: Algarve (Cachopo, Vaqueiros, and Martim Longo)
Promoting entity: Centro Paroquial do Cachopo

A project providing integrated home health care, including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and medical assistance. Building on a pilot project from the first phase of Gulbenkian Home Care, it will introduce assistive technology for monitoring older adults, a technical aid bank, and a community podcast. It will also continue to strengthen the skills of informal caregivers.

Location: Viana do Castelo
Promoting entity: Centro Paroquial Social de Lavradas

Specialized home care for early screening and diagnosis of dementia, with a multidisciplinary team providing assessments, cognitive and sensory stimulation, and medical referrals. It improves access to care in isolated areas, works with local health units, and combats caregiver isolation.

Location: Trás-os-Montes (Vila Pouca de Aguiar)
Promoting entity: Centro Social Nossa Senhora do Extremo

Personalized home care centred on the individual, integrating health and well-being, psychosocial and relational support, and promotion of autonomy and participation. Care plans are co-designed with each beneficiary, and 24-hour support technology is provided, ensuring dignity at home.

Location: Alto Alentejo (Castelo de Vide)
Promoting entity: Fundação Nossa Senhora da Esperança

Based on mapping needs and available services, this project proposes expanding and upgrading home care in Torres Vedras, focusing on empowering older people and caregivers and creating a “Social Facilitators Pool” made up of trained older adults.

Location: Oeste Region
Promoting entity: Lar S. José – Fundação de Solidariedade Social

Personalized service for older people, with a multidisciplinary team integrating immediate-response technology and supervision for complex cases such as dementia, diabetes, or cancer. It also includes psychological support, cognitive stimulation, socio-cultural activities, and caregiver respite.

Location: Douro
Promoting entity: Pesqueiramiga – Associação de Solidariedade Social

Integrates technology to support those wishing to age at home, using intuitive systems adapted to low digital literacy for early intervention in cases of falls, disorientation, missed medication, dehydration, acute illness, or loneliness. It includes individualized care plans, close coordination with health services, and community involvement through volunteering.

Location: Alto Alentejo
Promoting entity: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Campo Maior

Provides home health and well-being care, uses ALICE4U technology (Ageing Longer Intelligent Care Environment), and offers community support via telephone volunteering to combat isolation, along with ongoing staff training. The goal is an innovative, close, and humanised approach that values each person in their life context.

Location: Baixo Alentejo
Promoting entity: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Mértola

Home Care Service specialized in supporting people with dementia, informal caregivers, and professionals, with a multidisciplinary team. Individual Care Plans include neurostimulation/functional rehabilitation and 24-hour support. In addition to improving local dementia services, it has potential for replication throughout Alentejo Central.

Location: Alentejo Central (Municipalities of Mora and Arraiolos)
Promoting entity: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Mora

Aims to promote autonomy and functional abilities in older people by providing home psychology, physiotherapy, or speech therapy. It strengthens team training, builds local partnerships with clinics, pharmacies, gyms, and health centres, and reinforces the Teleassistance Service of the Red Cross and the Technical Aid Bank.

Location: Azores Autonomous Region
Promoting entity: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Vila Franca do Campo

Reinforces the Home Care Service with nursing, psychology, physiotherapy, and nutrition to prevent dependency, detect dementia early, and avoid institutionalisation. The project offers a personalised, integrated approach focused on promoting autonomy, improving quality of life, and combating social isolation.

Location: Trás-os-Montes
Promoting entity: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Vila Real