Business startup in care for mentally disabled people

Prospettiva offered an innovative approach to care for mentally disabled person, proposing a model of social enterprise where the solidaristic aim is supported with management skills that guarantee both efficiency and satisfaction of disabled person and their families.

The project achieved its aims through:

• preliminary research activity on supply and demand of care services for disabled people;
• training of managers of social enterprises and case managers;
• support to business creation.

The project, designed by Euridea, was implemented by the University of Florence, Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche, Euridea and Camera del Lavoro Firenze, and was funded by Regione Toscana with ESF resources