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PhD in Biomedical Sciences, and a trained gerontologist (master’s in health education), is a researcher at the Centro de Investigação, Diagnóstico, Formação e Acompanhamento das Demências [Center for Research, Diagnosis, Training and Monitoring of Dementias of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Riba D’Ave [private institution of public utility] and at CINTESIS@RISE ICBAS (University of Porto). SA has been involved in designing, implementing, and evaluating several community-based projects related to informal carers of older persons and of people with dementia, both nationally funded– e.g., Caring at Home, Care for the Caregiver, CuiDem-, and EU funded- e.g., Care4Dem, SINCALA, habINdem. Currently, SA is PI of the project of Olaia – Mais vida na demência com natureza e arte (supported by Fundação “la Caixa") and were member of several projects such as “Centro de Avaliação da Capacidade de Condução para Pessoas com Défice Cognitivo” (supported by BPI/Fundação “la Caixa") , “Homedem - Codesign a home wih dementia” (EU Funded), “iSFootprint” (FCT Funded). Also, she collaborates with Centro de Atendimento 50+, ICBAS, mostly in scope of caregiver support. Author of works in the field of informal caregivers of oldest old individuals as well as people with dementia, which are the main focus of her research activities.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sara Alves

Citation names

  • Alves, Sara

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4416-CE20-6826
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4883-0479

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Geriatrics and Gerontology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Geriatrics and Gerontology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Geriatrics and Gerontology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/03/31
Concluded
 PhD in Biomedical Sciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Cuidado informal e fragilidade na idade avançada. (Informal Caregiving and Frailty in very Old Age)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado
2015
Concluded
 Health Education (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
"Educação para a Saúde em Cuidadores Informais de Pessoas Idosas: Avaliação do Impacto de um Programa Psicoeducativo [Health Education in informal caregivers of old people: impact of a psychoeducational program]" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2010
Concluded
 Gerontology (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde de Bragança, Portugal
 16
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/02/14 - 2022/07/31 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013 - Current Gerontologist Centro de Atendimento 50+, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/12/10 - Current Researcher Centro de Investigação, Diagnóstico, Formação e Acompanhamento das Demências da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Riba D'Ave , Portugal
2015 - Current Researcher CINTESIS – Center for Health Technology and Services Researc, Portugal
2018 - 2020 Teacher of Psychoeducational Intervention Unit - CTESP of psychogerontolgy Instituto Superior de Ciências da Informação e da Administração, Portugal
Instituto Superior de Ciências da Informação e da Administração, Portugal
2015/04/01 - 2015/10/30 Grant in the scope of the project "Profile and needs of people with probable dementia in North of Portugal" Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2010/10/18 - 2015/03/31 External member Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação e Formação sobre Adultos e Idosos, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/02/21 - Current TestBed ITeCS - Technology Innovation in Healthcare
780
Technical development
Centro de Investigação, Diagnóstico, Formação e Acompanhamento das Demências da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Riba D'Ave , Portugal
Resilience Program of Portugal
Ongoing
2022/11 - Current HOMEDEM - Codesigning a home with dementia
101072827
Mentor
2021/09/01 - Current OLAIA - More life in dementia with nature and art (2021-2022)
Concurso Projetos Inovadores de Intervenção em Cuidados Paliativos - Pessoas com Demência
Principal investigator
Centro de Investigação, Diagnóstico, Formação e Acompanhamento das Demências da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Riba D'Ave , Portugal
Fundação "la Caixa"
Concluded
2013 - Current PT100- Estudo dos Centenários do Porto [PT100- Oporto Centenarian Study]
PT100
Other
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/09/01 - 2026/08/30 INNOV4LIFE - Ecossistema Transfronteiriço de Inovação Colaborativa em Saúde Digital
0088_INNOV4LIFE_1_P
Researcher
Interreg Europe
Ongoing
2023/03/10 - 2024/09/09 iSupport Footprint: Exploiting usage data from a novel platform for dementia caregivers to characterize care contexts and dyads and to predict transitions out of caregiving
2022.07587.PTDC
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/02 - 2023/07 IN-A-AHA’s Twinning called Galician Network of Health Living Labs – LABSAÚDE.
EU-Active and Healthy Living in the Digital World
Researcher
Centro de Investigação, Diagnóstico, Formação e Acompanhamento das Demências da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Riba D'Ave , Portugal
Concluded
2021/09/07 - 2022/02/03 SINCALA – SUPPORTING INFORMAL CARERS: A WHOLE-Family & LIFE-COURSE APPROACH
2020-1-EE01-KA204-078004
Technical development
CASO50+, Associação, Portugal
 Erasmus Plus
Ongoing
2015/11/01 - 2020/09/14 Informal Caregiving and Frailty in very Old Age
SFRH/BD/108635/2015
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019 - 2020 habINdem - Inclusive habitats for dementia
CENIE
Principal investigator
Centro Internacional para o Envelhecimento, Portugal
 Universidad de Salamanca
Concluded
2018/05 - 2018/11 Care4Dem - Suporte aos Cuidadores Informais de Pessoas com Demência [Care4Dem - Support of Informal Caregivers of people with dementia]
2017-1-IT02-KA204-036545
Consultora/Especialista na área
CASO50+, Associação, Portugal
 Erasmus Plus
Concluded
2017 - 2018 MENTAL HEALTH AND AGEING: BRIDGING KNOWLEDGE THROUGH GENERATIONS
DGS-O-15-10
Other
Direção Geral de Saúde
Concluded
2015 - 2017 Projeto CuiDem - Cuidados para a Demência
SM-D-17-2014
Consultant
CASO50+, Associação, Portugal
 Direção Geral de Saúde
2014 - 2016 Caring for the Caregiver II
FCG
Supervisor
2015/03/15 - 2015/10/15 Profile and needs of people with probable dementia in North of Portugal
DGS
Research Fellow
Centro Internacional para o Envelhecimento, Portugal
Concluded
2010/10/18 - 2011/11/10 Cuidar em Casa [Caring at home]
O09-80
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
 Direcção-Geral da Saúde
Concluded
2010/10/18 - 2011/01/30 Formar para melhor Cuidar [Training to better Care]
O09-78
Desenvolvimento técnico
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
 Direcção-Geral da Saúde
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/03/01 - Current Centro de Avaliação e Apoio da Capacidade de Condução em Pessoas com défice cognitivo
BPI Séniores
Researcher
Centro de Investigação, Diagnóstico, Formação e Acompanhamento das Demências da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Riba D'Ave , Portugal
BPI
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Teles, S.; Alves, Sara; Ribeiro, Oscar; Freitas, Alberto; Ferreira, A.M.; Paúl, Constança. "iSupport for Dementia: Characterizing the Early Adopters of an eHealth Program for Informal Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia.". Paper presented in 3.º Congresso Internacional Age.Com: Sustentabilidade no Envelhecimento., 2023.
  2. Duarte, Natália; Brito, M.; Nkhoma, K.; Harding, R.; Sleeman, K.; Barbara Gomes. "Global projection study to 2060: serious health-related suffering from dementia.". Paper presented in 35th Global Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International, Londres, 2022.
    Accepted
  3. Duarte, Natália; Alves, Sara; Pinheiro, T.; Seixas, I; Barbara Gomes. "A multisensory palliative intervention for people with dementia - the OLAIA Project. (accepted)". Paper presented in 35th Global Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International, 2022.
    Accepted
  4. Duarte, Natália; Alves, Sara; Barbara Gomes. "Impact of a dementia training program on staff working in a specialized center in Portugal.". Paper presented in 35th Global Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International., London, 2022.
    Published
  5. Alves, Sara; Ribeiro, Oscar; Paúl, Constança. "Predictors of Fried Frailty Phenotype in a sample of a Portuguese community-dwelling oldest old individuals". Paper presented in International Congress on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research, 2020.
    Accepted
  6. Alves, Sara; Oscar Ribeiro; Constança Paúl. "Negative aspects of informal caregiving in very old age". Paper presented in . Comunicação em poster no International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress, 2019.
  7. Alves, Sara; Paúl, Constança; Ribeiro, Oscar. "Informal Caregivers of oldest old people". Paper presented in 4th IPLeiria's International Health Congress, 2018.
    Published
  8. Oliveira, Ana Filipa; Brandão, Daniela; Alves, Sara; Luz, Cátia da Luz; Ribeiro, Oscar. "Perfil dos Cuidadores Informais de Pessoas Idosas Dependentes e Residentes no Domicílio, da Região Norte de Portugal [Profile of Informal Caregivers of Dependent Elderly People and Residents at Home, in the Northern Region of Portugal]". Paper presented in The Psychologist: Practice & Research Journal, 2018.
    Published
  9. Araújo, Lia; Ribeiro, Oscar; Brandão, Daniela; Duarte, N.; Alves, Sara; Teixeira, Laetitia; Paúl, Constança. "Well-being in very old age: valuation of life and health at one century of life.". Paper presented in Atención Primaria,, 2014.
    Published
  10. Alves, Sara; Ribeiro, Oscar; Brandão, Daniela; Duarte, Natália; Araújo, Lia; Azevedo, Maria João; Paúl, Constança. "Informal caregivers of Portuguese centenarian: a first glance from the Oporto Centenarian Study.". Paper presented in Rev Saúde Pública,, 2014.
    Published
  11. Alves, Sara; Brandão, Daniela; Teixeira, Laetitia; Azevedo, Maria João; Paúl, Constança; Ribeiro, Oscar. "Informal caregiving in extreme old age: a unique experience?". 2014.
    Published
  12. Brandão, Daniela; Duarte, Natália; Araújo, Lia; Alves, Sara; Teixeira, Laetitia; Ribeiro, Oscar. "Centenarians’ Quality of Life and the role of health and living context: first findings from the Oporto Centenarian Study.". Paper presented in Atención Primaria, 2014.
  13. Alves, Sara; Teixeira, Laetitia; Azevedo, Maria João; Duarte, Mafalda; Paúl, Constança. "Psychoeducational Programme for Informal Caregivers of Older People “Caring At Home”.". Paper presented in Revista Atención Primaria, 2013.
    Published
  14. Duarte, Mafalda; Azevedo, Maria João; Alves, Sara; Paúl, Constança. "Proposal of psychoeducational programme for informal caregivers “Taking care at home”. (Abstract). International Psychogeriatrics, 23(Suppl. 1).". Paper presented in International Psychogeriatrics, 2011.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Alves, Sara; Moreira, Carmen; Nogueira, Sónia. "Relações sociais, estereótipos e envelhecimento [Social relationships, stereotypes and aging.]". Paper presented in Congresso Português de Avaliação e Intervenção em Gerontologia Social., 2013.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Alves, Sara; Duarte, Natália; Maja Brito; Nkhoma, K.; Harding, R.,; Sleeman, K.,; Gomes, B.. Corresponding author: Alves, Sara. "Global projection study to 2060: serious health-related suffering from dementia.". Paper presented in 35th Global Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International, 2022.
  2. Duarte, Natália; Barbara Gomes. Corresponding author: Duarte, Natália. "Impact of a dementia training program on staff working in a specialized center in Portugal. (accepted)". Paper presented in 35th Global Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International, 2022.
  3. Duarte, Natália; Mafalda de Castro Ferreira; Constança Paúl. "Projeto habINdem: Recomendações para a adequação do espaço institucional [habIndem Project: Recommendations for supporting inclusive institutional environments]". Paper presented in INVESTIGAÇÃO E LONGEVIDADE: à procura de respostas positivas para vidas longevas, 2021.
  4. Alves, Sara; Ribeiro, Oscar; Constança Paúl. "Predictors of Fried Frailty Phenotype in a sample of a Portuguese community-dwelling oldest old individuals". Paper presented in International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research,, 2020.
  5. Alves, Sara; Ribeiro, Oscar; Paúl, Constança. "Cuidadores informais de pessoas muito idosas: especificidade dos cuidados na demência [Informal caregivers of oldest old people: specificities of informal care among individuals with dementia]". Paper presented in III Seminário Internacional de Alzheimer: Conhecer, Compreender, Intervir., 2019.
  6. Alves, Sara; Ribeiro, Oscar; Paúl, Constança. "Informal caregivers of oldest old people.". Paper presented in 4.o Congresso Internacional de Saúde do IPLeiria., 2018.
  7. Alves, Sara; Ribeiro, Oscar; Paúl, Constança. "A first glance from the Project Informal Caregiving and Frailty in very old age.". Paper presented in I Encontro de Estudantes do Doutoramento em Ciências Biomédicas., 2018.
  8. Oliveira, Ana Filipa; Daniela Brandão; Alves, Sara; Cátia L. Pire; Ribeiro, Oscar. "Perfil dos Cuidadores Informais de Pessoas Idosas Dependentes e Residentes no Domicílio, da Região Norte de Portugal. Profile of Informal Caregivers of Dependent Elderly People and Residents at Home, in the Northern Region of Portugal]". Paper presented in 4o Congresso da Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses,, 2018.
  9. Alves, Sara. "Informal caregivers of Portuguese centenarian: a first glance from the Oporto Centenarian Study.". Paper presented in 2nd IP Leiria International Health Congress: Challenges & Innovation Health,, 2014.
  10. Alves, Sara. "Well-being in very old age: valuation of life and health at one century of life.". Paper presented in 2nd IPLeiria International Health Congress: Challenges & Innovation in Health,, 2014.
  11. Alves, Sara. "Psychoeducational Programme For Informal Caregivers of Older People “Caring At Home”.". Paper presented in 1.o Congresso Mundial de Comportamentos de Saúde Infanto-Juvenis/4.o Congresso Nacional de Educação para a Saúde,, 2013.
  12. Alves, Sara. "Proposal of psychoeducational programme for informal caregivers:”Taking care at home”,". Paper presented in 15th International IPA Congress,, 2011.
  13. Alves, Sara. "Programa Psicoeducativo para Cuidadores Informais “Cuidar em Casa” [Psychoeducational Program for Informal Caregivers “Care at Home"],". Paper presented in , IV Congresso Português de Avaliação e Intervenção em Gerontologia Social “Aging in Place”,, 2011.
Journal article
  1. Sara Alves; Natália Duarte; Barbara Gomes. "Forecasted Dementia Prevalence in Portugal (2020-2080)". Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1177/08919887241237220.
    10.1177/08919887241237220
  2. Alves, Sara; Duarte, Natália; Barbara Gomes. "Forecasted dementia prevalence for Portugal between 2020-2080". Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology (2024):
    Accepted
  3. Alves, Sara; Duarte, Natália; Ferreira, Mafalda; Paúl, Constança. "Exploring Dementia-Friendly Environments in Long-Term Care Facilities: Perspectives from Multiple Stakeholders in Portugal". Journal of Aging and Environment (2024): 1-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2024.2302190.
    10.1080/26892618.2024.2302190
  4. Teles, Soraia; Napolskij, Milaydis Sosa; Ribeiro, Oscar; Alves, Sara; Freitas, Alberto; Ferreira, Ana; Paúl, Constança. "Willingness to institutionalize a relative with dementia: a web-platform assessment with the Portuguese adapted version of the Desire-to-Institutionalize Scale". Frontiers in Medicine 10 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1277565.
    10.3389/fmed.2023.1277565
  5. Duarte, Natália; Alves, Sara; Gomes, Barbara. "Evaluation of a Dementia Training Course for Staff of a Center of Dementia Care". Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 52 4 (2023): 205-213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000529856.
    10.1159/000529856
  6. Paúl, Constança; Ribeiro, Oscar. "Transition to bereavement: A prospective longitudinal study of health-related quality of life in informal caregivers of oldest-old individuals". Frontiers in Medicine 9 2022 (2022):
    Published • https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.1031143
  7. Sara Alves; Oscar Ribeiro; Constança Paúl. "Trajectories of Informal Caregiving to the Oldest-old: A One-year Follow-up Study". Western Journal of Nursing Research (2021): 019394592095486-019394592095486. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945920954862.
    10.1177/0193945920954862
  8. Santos, S.; O’Caoimh, R; Teixeira, L.; Alves, Sara; Molloy, W.; Constança Paúl. "Validation of the Portuguese Version of the Risk Instrument for Screening in the Community (RISC) Among Older Patients in Primary Care in Northern Portugal.". Frontiers in Public Health. 9 2021 (2021):
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.614935
  9. Sara Alves; Oscar Ribeiro; Constança Paúl. "Unmet needs of informal carers of the oldest old in Portugal". Health & Social Care in the Community (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13063.
    10.1111/hsc.13063
  10. Alves, Sara; Rónán, O’Caoimh; Ribeiro, Oscar; Teixeira, Laetitia; Molloy, W.; Paúl, Constança. "Screening for Caregiver Burden in the Community: Validation of the European Portuguese Screening Version of the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI-4)". Clinical Gerontologist (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2020.1728807.
    10.1080/07317115.2020.1728807
  11. Alves, S.; Teixeira, L.; Ribeiro, O.; Paúl, C.. "Examining Frailty Phenotype Dimensions in the Oldest Old". Frontiers in Psychology 11 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85083089781&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00434
  12. Alves, Sara; Teixeira, Laetitia; Azevedo, Maria João; Duarte, Mafalda; Ribeiro, Oscar; Paúl, Constança. "Unmet needs in Primary Care of older clients with mental health concerns". International Journal for Quality in Health Care (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzy154.
    10.1093/intqhc/mzy154
  13. Oliveira, Ana Filipa; Brandão, Daniela; Alves, Sara; Pires, Cátia da Luz; Ribeiro, Oscar. "Perfil dos Cuidadores Informais de Pessoas Idosas Dependentes e Residentes no Domicílio, da Região Norte de Portugal [Profile of Informal Caregivers of Dependent Elderly People and Residents at Home, in the Northern Region of Portugal]". The Psychologist: Practice & Research Journal 1 Supp 2 (2018): 378-380.
    Published
  14. Teixeira, Laetitia; dos Santos, Pedro Machado; Alves, Sara; Azevedo, Maria João; Duarte, Mafalda; Leuschner, António; Paúl, Constança. "Screening of Dementia in Portuguese Primary Care: Methodology, Assessment Tools, and Main Results". Frontiers in Medicine (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2017.00197.
    10.3389/fmed.2017.00197
  15. Teixeira, Laetitia; Azevedo, Maria João; Alves, Sara; Pires, Cátia da Luz; Paúl, Constança. "Perception of risk of adverse outcomes of older people: comparison between nursing homes, day centers and home care services". Quality in Ageing and Older Adults (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qaoa-11-2016-0043.
    10.1108/qaoa-11-2016-0043
  16. Teixeira, Laetitia; Azevedo, Maria João; Alves, Sara; Duarte, Mafalda; O'Caoimh, Ronan.; Molloy, W.; Paúl, Constança. "Perceived Risk of Death in Older Primary Care Patients". The International Journal of Aging and Human Development (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0091415016668350.
    10.1177/0091415016668350
  17. Alves, Sara; Teixeira, Laetitia; Azevedo, Maria João; Paul, C.. "Effectiveness of a psychoeducational programme for informal caregivers of older adults". Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/scs.12222.
    10.1111/scs.12222
  18. Paúl, Constança; Teixeira, Laetitia; Azevedo, Maria João; Alves, Sara; Duarte, Mafalda; O'Caoimh, Ronan.; Molloy, W.. "Perceived Risk of Mental Health Problems in Primary Care". Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2015.00212.
    10.3389/fnagi.2015.00212
  19. Alves, Sara; Brandão, Daniela; Teixeira, Laetitia; Azevedo, Maria João; Duarte, Mafalda; Ribeiro, Oscar; Paúl, Constança. "Intervenções Psicoeducativas e Distress Psicológico em Cuidadores Informais: análise comparativa de dois Projetos Comunitários. [Psychoeducational Interventions and Psychological Distress in Informal Caregivers: comparative analysis of two Community Projects]". Revista Eletrónica de Psicologia, Educação e Saúde 5 1 (2015): 94-112.
    Published
Magazine article
  1. Alves, Sara. "Gerontologia [Gerontology]", Revista da Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Santo Tirso,, 2010
Newspaper article
  1. Alves, Sara. "Necessidades dos Cuidadores Informais. [Unmet Needs of informal caregivers]", Público, 2018, Culto, https://www.publico.pt/2018/06/03/impar/noticia/necessidades-dos-cuidadores-informais-1832605.
  2. Alves, Sara. "Quem são os cuidadores informais em Portugal? [Who are the informal caregivers in Portugal]", Público, 2017, P2, https://www.publico.pt/2017/04/02/sociedade/noticia/quem-sao-os-cuidadores-informais-em-portugal-1766944.
Report
  1. Alves, Sara; Duarte, Natália. 2022. Final report of the Olaia Project - More Life in dementia with nature and art.
  2. Duarte, Natália; Barbara Gomes. 2021. RELATÓRIO DE AVALIAÇÃO DO CURSO BASE CIDIFAD 2021.
  3. Alves, Sara. 2020. Final report of the project "habINdem - Inclusive habitats for dementia".
  4. Alves, Sara. 2016. Evaluation of the Project Caring for the Caregiver (2014-2016).
  5. Paúl, Constança; Teixeira, Laetitia; Azevedo, Maria João; Alves, Sara; dos Santos, Pedro Machado. 2015. Necessidades de Cuidados a Pessoas com demência [Profile and needs of people with probable dementia in North of Portugal].
    10.5935/ref.20160087 • Assistant staff
  6. Alves, Sara. 2014. Monitoring Evaluation of the Project Caring for the Caregiver II.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Cuidado Informal e Fragilidade na idade avançada [Informal Caregiving and Frailty in very old age]". PhD, Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/133435.
  2. Sara Sofia Abreu Ferreira ALves. "Educação para a saúde em cuidadores informais de pessoas idosas: avaliação do impacto de um programa psicoeducativo [[Health Education in informal caregivers of old people: impact of a psychoeducational program]". Master, 2015. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/88467.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/11/09 Intervention in people with dementia: ongoing projects at CIDIFAD Seminar entitled "Impact of dementia on people, family and community"
2022/11 Cuidado informal na idade avançada: Que realidade(s)? Passado, Presente e Futuro [Informal caregiving in advanced age: What happens? Past, Present and Future. Let's Talk about ageing
Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto (ISSSP)
2021/09/21 Presentation and Discussion of the paper " How many people live with dementia in Portugal? A Discussion paper of National estimates Dia Mundial da Doença de Alzheimer
Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Riba D'Ave (Portugal)
2020/05/26 Cuidar de Quem Cuida [Care the Caregiver] Studies and Reflection on Narrative Medicine
(Portugal)
2020/05/23 Psychoeducational Programme For Informal Caregivers Of Older People “Caring At Home”. 1.º Congresso Mundial de Comportamentos de Saúde Infanto-Juvenis/4.º Congresso Nacional de Educação para a Saúde,
2019/11/23 Conferência em mesa redonda no âmbito da parceria com o Porto4aging Praça da Saúde
Universidade do Porto
2018/02 CA50+ - serviços, atividades e projetos a decorrer. [CA50+ - Services, running projects and activities] TOTUSALUS
TOTUSALUS
2018/01 Necessidades não satisfeitas de utentes idosos dos Cuidados de Saúde Primários. [Unmet needs in Primary Care of older clients with mental health concerns] Comunicação oral no 12º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde
2018 Informal caregivers of oldest old people. 4.º Congresso Internacional de Saúde do IPLeiria - Tendências globais para a Saúde, Leiria.
2018 Informal Caregivers of people in advanced age I Encontro de Estudantes do Doutoramento em Ciências Biomédicas
ICBAS
2017/10/20 A importância da Resiliência Psicológica e Gestão de Stress dos cuidadores [The importance of Psychological Resilience and Stress Management of caregivers] I Encontro Nacional das Doenças Neurodegenerativas
2017 Moderator on the panel Projeto Cuidem: Reflections and Debate. Projeto CuiDem - Evento de Encerramento
CASO50+, Associação
2016/01/28 Intervenções psicoeducativas e distress psicológico em cuidadores informais: Análise de dois projetos comunitários [Psychoeducational interventions and psychological distress in informal caregivers: Analysis of two community projects] 11º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde,
2015/03/21 Caring for the Caregiver Seminar: Week of Social Service
Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto
2014/05/09 Well-being in very old age: valuation of life and health at one century of life Comunicação oral no 2nd IPLeiria International Health Congress: Challenges & Innovation in Health
2014/05/09 Informal caregivers of Portuguese centenarian: a first glance from the Oporto Centenarian Study. 2nd IP Leiria International Health Congress: Challenges & Innovation Health,
2014 Centenarians’ Quality of Life and the role of health and living context: first findings from the Oporto Centenarian Study. 2nd World Congress of Health Research
2014 Informal caregiving in extreme old age: a unique experience? 2nd World Congress of Health Research,
2014 Centenários solteiros e sem filhos: Desafios de cuidado na idade avançada [Single and Childless Centenarians: Caregiving Challenges in Old Age] VII Jornadas de Saúde do Idoso / XI Congresso Hispano Luso de Gerontologia
2012/01/12 The project "Caring at home" Seminários de Psicologia do ISAVE
2011/11/10 Impact of the psychoeducational program intervention for informal caregivers of old people "Caring at Home" Seminar Caring for old people at home: the experience of the "Caring at Home" project
2011/09 Proposal of psychoeducational programme for informal caregivers:”Taking care at home”, 15th International IPA Congress
2011 Psychoeducational Program for informal caregivers "Caring at home" V Congresso Português de Avaliação e Intervenção em Gerontologia Social

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/11/09 - Current Seminar entitled "Impact of dementia on people, family and community" (2022/11/09 - 2022/11/09)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
2021/02 - 2021/07 Member of the Organizing Committee of the "Dementia Care Base Course" (2021/04/09 - 2021/04/23)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Investigação, Diagnóstico, Formação e Acompanhamento das Demências da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Riba D'Ave , Portugal
2015 - 2015 Member of the Organizing Committee of VI Congresso Português de Avaliação e Intervenção em Gerontologia Social:Longevidade Avançada [Advanced Longevity] (2015/10/08 - 2015/10/09)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação e Formação sobre Adultos e Idosos, Portugal
2014/11/14 - 2014/11/15 Member of the Organizing Committee I International Congress Present and Future: Clinical, Social and Economic Reality of Diabetes, (2014/11/14 - 2014/11/15)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Totusalus – Associação de Apoio Terapêutico e Social, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Member of the Organizing Committee V Congresso Português de Avaliação e Intervenção em Gerontologia Social ¿Serviços para a Pessoa com Demência¿ [Services for people with dementia] (2013/05/09 - 2013/05/10)
Congress
 Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação e Formação sobre Adultos e Idosos, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Member of the Organizing Committee ¿Cuidar de pessoas idosas no domicílio: a experiência do projeto Cuidar em Casa¿, (2011/11/10)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação e Formação sobre Adultos e Idosos, Portugal

Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Member of Organising Comitte of IV Congresso Português de Avaliação e Intervenção em Gerontologia Social ¿Aging in Place" (2011/05/19 - 2011/05/20)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação e Formação sobre Adultos e Idosos, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/12/20 - Current 2.nd Meeting of the Biomedical Sciences PhD
Meeting
 Participação no 2.º Encontro do Doutoramento em Ciências Biomédicas,
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2022/06/09 - 2022/06/11 35th Global conference of Alzheimer disease international
Alzheimer's Disease International, United Kingdom
2020/05/22 - 2020/05/30 Completion of the Advanced Course on Strucutral Modelling Equations through SPSS AMOS,
Other
 Curso Avançado em Modelos de Equações Estruturais: Desenvolvimento e Avaliação com o SPSS AMOS,
UNAVE, Portugal
2020/03/11 - 2020/03/13 Participation in International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research,
Conference
International Academy Nutrition and Aging, France
2019/06/03 - 2019/06/06 Participation in the 2nd Training, Teaching and Learning Activity.
Other
CASO50+, Associação, Portugal
2019/05/23 - 2019/05/25 Participation in IAGG-ER - International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress,
Congress
 IAGG-ER

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2012 - Current CASO50+, Associação Membro fundador

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/01/10 - Current Multidimensional Evaluation of old people_ Lesson by invitation Gerontologia Social (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto, Portugal
2018/04/13 - Current Workshop: Impact of the psychoeducational program for informal caregiver "Caring at home" (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Escola Superior de Educação do Porto, Portugal
2020/06/05 - 2020/06/06 Multidimensional Evaluation of old people_ Lesson by invitation Gerontologia Social (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto, Portugal
2019/10 - 2020/02 Psychoeducational Intervention Unit Psicogerontologia (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Instituto Superior de Ciências da Informação e da Administração, Portugal
2018/11/14 - 2018/11/15 Issues of ageing and society: Active ageing _ Lesson by invitation Medicina (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Module on Sociocultural Intervention with old people (Outros) Rede Europeia Anti-Pobreza, Portugal
2013/11/27 - 2013/11/27 Multidimensional evaluation of old people _ Lesson by invitation Serviço Social (Licenciatura) Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Module on Safety and participation of old people (Outros) Rede Europeia Anti-Pobreza, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Psychoeducational Intervention programs _ Training Module (Outros) Universidade do Porto Unidade de Investigação e Formação sobre Adultos e Idosos, Portugal

Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2012 - 2014 Member of the Committee of Monitoring and Evaluation of the project "Caring for the Caregiver II"
Evaluator
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2018 - Current SAGE Open Medicine (2050-3121) SAGE Publications
2016 - Current Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences (1471-6712) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)