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Family support

Various types of support and benefits are available for families in different situations. These include assistance during pregnancy and childcare maintaining a work-life balance and support structures for the elderly allowing individuals and families to find a number of solutions to meet their speci ...

Having a child: Children and young people’s education

When parents return to work children will need to be looked after by family members or in a nursery until they turn three. After the age of three children can attend kindergarten pre-school education until they are old enough to begin compulsory education. After kindergarten there is primary and sec ...

Local lodging

Local lodging

Having a child

The arrival of a child sets the beginning of a new phase of the parents life which implies new rights and duties. Consult the main information and services related to this new phase pregnancy and childbirth parental responsibility financial supports maternity and paternity leaves or how to register ...

Accessing Public Services in Portugal

Information updated on August 28 2024

Having a child: children’s and young people’s health

At the maternity clinic the baby is registered in the Portuguese national health system receives the children and young people s health record Boletim de Saúde Infantil e Juvenil and is assigned the mother s family doctor. During the first year of the baby s life routine appointments are more freque ...

Informal caregiver

This guide contains useful information about both the person providing care the carer and the person being cared for highlighting their rights and the benefits support measures and services available as well as responses at various levels designed to improve their quality of life. The information pu ...

European Health Insurance Card

This card allows you to receive medical assistance during a temporary stay in a European Union country, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway or Switzerland