About Us

How Ce.R.S. Was Born

Our association, initially established as a purely volunteer organization, was born from the strong will of a cohesive group of skilled social and healthcare workers to organize and offer, completely free of charge, concrete assistance to Disabled Children and their Families.

An ambitious mission that took shape as early as 1990 following numerous meetings among our members, during which, by sharing their experiences, the enormous critical issues related to the shortcomings of the national social-healthcare system on the delicate topic of Home Care for children with severe disabilities became apparent.

The focus of our founding members immediately fell on Children with chronic illness and high-intensity care needs, as the complex and multifaceted issues they face can only be managed through highly specialized care skills. However, the lack of adequate local services, which too often do not meet the actual needs of patients and families, forces these children to endure long hospital stays with their parents, while at home, the primary caregiving burden falls on the family. These conditions exacerbate difficulties and challenges, often leading to the breakdown of family structures, causing parents to lose the peace of mind necessary during the most critical periods of their children's illnesses.

The Ce.R.S. APS was thus born from the desire to make a substantial and decisive contribution to supporting such socially significant cases and, at the same time, to drastically reduce the "phenomenon" of home care deficiencies. Deficiencies that unfortunately continue to seriously undermine the dignity and quality of life of entire families, creating what we identify as our Third World, which is often just steps away from our welcoming homes and which we often fail to notice despite being widespread across the national territory.