DON CARLO GNOCCHI FOUNDATION

Описание: Founded by Don Carlo Gnocchi to provide care, rehabilitation and social integration for children who lost limbs in the war, the Foundation has gradually expanded the scope of its operations over the years. Today, Don Gnocchi Foundation continues to provide care to children and young people with disabilities or congenital or acquired diseases; patients of every age who need motor-skill, cardio-respiratory rehabilitation; the injured, stroke victims, and those with multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s or other debilitating diseases; non-self-sufficient elderly, terminal cancer patients, the severely braindamaged, and those in a persistent vegetative state.

With the state recognition IRCCS as a healthcare research institution, today the Don Gnocchi Foundation is an organisation of more than 5,500 employees and consultants. It operates under accreditation from the Italian National Health Service in 27 Centres covering 9 administrative regions.
Its activities cover the healthcare-rehabilitation field (inpatient, day-hospital, outpatient’s services and home care), social welfare (integrated daytime centres, nursing home, in-home care and palliativecare facilities), and social-therapeutic services (daytime centres for disabilities, homes for the disabled, daytime rehabilitation clinics, community living).

It also conducts intense scientific research and education at a variety of levels. As a recognised Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Don Gnocchi Foundation is involved in solidarity efforts in
developing countries.