A home open to the outside
When the necessary financing will have been found, 27 physically and mentally handicapped persons will be housed in self-contained community apartments which can accommodate up to nine persons. Each small community will be led by a couple of "hosts"; in addition, sound students and volunteers (of Fidesco) will also live here, to guarantee a "family" presence and to prevent this living area from being exclusively reserved for the handicapped world. Once the various groups have been formed, each one will take charge of part of the organization of the home, in line with its resources.
On a total area of between 8000 and 10 000 square feet, the house will be open to the outside, and each resident will receive his family and friends as he likes. Besides, sports, intellectual and games activities will also be proposed to make the whole community "live" and participate in the enhancement of each.
The whole organization will rely on the commitment of assistance, salaried professionals and volunteers (for administrative tasks and medico-psychological observation) and occasional outside parties (nurses, physiotherapists, doctors, etc.).
This initiative is eagerly awaited: there is virtually no experience of this type in our country, at a time when everyone agrees about the need to make sound persons and invalids live together, without any impediment.
