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The Don Calabria social services

to people with disabilities

Marina Dello Russo - Verona, 15 May 2008

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THE SOCIAL AREATARGET & AIMS

Target:Adults with disability from 18 to 55 at the end of their training, therapeutic/ rehabilitative phase.

The average attendance is 84 persons/day.

Aims:- to help them reaching autonomy and expressing their potentialities;- to let them to express their own adult identity; - to promote positive relationships with the community and the environment.

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THE SOCIAL AREA: THE SERVICES

• Day Centre for disabled people;

• Residential service (flats for groups);

Moreover:

- Individual projects for the social inclusion in the

community;

- Relief and temporary hospitality services.

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It’s a centre for social and occupational activities for adults.

The activities are implemented

either in workshops and dedicated

places, or in the community.

One activity is located outside the

Center, in a green area on the

Verona hills, where people can do

gardening.

The activities are carried on by a

multidisciplinary equip.

THE SOCIAL AREA: DAY CENTRE FOR PWD

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THE SOCIAL AREA: RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

Groups of adults with disability live in flats in the community, in Verona. The aim is giving them the opportunity of living significant relationships promoting their autonomy.The social inclusion and socialization are implemented exploiting the resources offered by the community itself.

These flats are organised as a family, with flexible and targeted services.

Number of hosted people: 12Numer of flats disseminated in the city: 3

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ODC “After us” Foundation

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WHAT THE “AFTER US” IS?

• People with disability become adults

• Parents are ageing

• How and where people with disability will live?

• Who will care of them?

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THE PRESSING NEEDS

• to recognise to adults with disabilities the opportunities to plan their future

• to support families that feel “alone”

• to move the approach of residential services from an emergency intervention to a planned solution

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PLANNING THE FUTURE MEANS..

• not only to have an house where to live but mainly...

• legal protection

• public resources to guarantee the standard of assistance

• personal economical resources to improve the quality of life

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WHAT THE FOUNDATION IS?

The “After us” Foundation is

a tool at families’ disposal

to build today the future

of people with disabilities,

performing a parental role.

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WHAT THE FOUNDATION IS?

The “After us” Foundation was born in the framework of ODC but it is independent from it on

a legal and economical point of view;

It is not a service provider;

Its target are adults with disabilities and their families, even if they are not ODC clients

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MISSION

To support the family until there is a family

To co-operate with the community services

To replace the family when the family doesn’t exist any more

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THE ANSWERS OF THE FOUNDATION1. “The project of life”

• professional help to support the parents in planning the future of their son/daughter in cooperation with

community services• continuous monitoring of the quality of life

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THE ANSWERS OF THE FOUNDATION2. “The legal protection”

• support families in choosing the best tools for the legal protection

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THE ANSWERS OF THE FOUNDATION 3. Special consultants on

Managing and increasing the estate:Trust, perpetuity, insurance, investments, wills, legacies

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THE ACTIVITIES

• Information and counselling given by a team of social assistance, lawyer, notary and accountants with degree in economics; • Training courses to families and people with disabilities;• Collection of economical resources to build different housing settings;• Innovation to planning home solutions

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FINANCING

• Contribution of Public Institutions • Assets of the person/family• Private donations, legacies• Ethic Found with mutual adjustments

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THE NETWORK OF FOUNDATIONS

In order to share best practice and develop common methodologies, the “ODC After us Foundation” join the

Network of Italian Foundations

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CONCLUSION

The “ODC After us Foundation” aims to guarantee

equal opportunities and rights

of the people with disability

to choose the place and the persons where to live.