Pilot Organisations

Gesellschaft für Soziale Dienstleistungen Essen mbH is one of the leading social institutions in Essen - a modern service provider with innovative quality standards, continuously developing new programmes and services. Its roots are going back to the year 1884. With its more than 1.100 employees, the GSE is one of the most important economic factors in the region. Its core competences are: nursing homes, residential homes for elderly, homes for homeless persons, homes for handicapped and sheltered workshops. With its care services GSE currently cares for more than 2.600 persons in Essen.

Miguel Molinero Martín is a public centre with a private management depending on the Council of Herrera and the company EULEN on social and health services. It offers integral care and assistance to old people with different degrees of physical, mental or social dependency. For that reason, it counts on a skilled team for nursing, rehabilitation, personal care and psychological and social support. The centre also offers a day-care service and a service of respite care for short stays of old people living with their family.

De Stromen Opmaat Groep is an organisation in the Rijnmond and Drechtsteden area (including the cities of Rotterdam and Dordrecht) that provides a broad range of care services. These services include nursing homes (for psychogeriatric and somatic people), care for people at home, child care and youth care. The backbone of the organisation is the 4000 employees who give our customers the (daily) care they need. The goal of De Stromen Opmaat Groep is to help people to live the life they want, despite their constraints.

FONDAZIONE CASTELLINI has been founded in 1894 as a Moral Organization. Starting from 2000 it is a non-profit organization whose main aim is to provide assistance, mainly to elder or dependent persons, which can assure high quality services and custom-made care activities. Fondazione Castellini is certified UNI EN ISO 9001:2000 for continuous improvement.