Villa Rondo
ADDRESS
Via Manara Negrone 28, Vigevano
Agreement and accreditation
ATS Pavia
SERVICES OFFERED
- 2 CPM (Medium Intensity Psychiatric Community)
20 beds each
- 1 CD (Day Centre)
15 places in day care
- 1 RSD (Health Residence for Disabled People)
18 beds
HISTORY
A generous donation
In 2001, spouses Aldo Rondo and Ambrogina Sormani donated their villa to the Maddalena Grassi Foundation, hence the name “Villa Rondo”.
“A good work”
It was Ambrogina Sormani who decided to leave all assets to the Foundation. Suffering from an oncological disease, she came into contact with Marco Botturi, a well-known Milanese oncologist and radiotherapist who deeply affected her. Botturi introduced her to some friends, including Alessandro Pirola, CEO of the Maddalena Grassi Foundation in those years, with whom she established a relationship of friendship and esteem.
“[…] he told me that had given precise testamentary provisions and that, at the end of an infinite series of hypothetical conditions, he had opted not to do so, “but – he added in a peremptory tone, pointing his right index finger to my face – you must build a good work in this house” .
A. Pirola,The house, the care. I met you forever,Itaca editions, July 2016.
The project
We began to develop a psychiatric care and assistance project on the proposal of Alessandro Alemani, psychiatric head at the Vigevano hospital, who imagined a transformation of the villa into a nursing home for psychiatric patients aimed at rehabilitating them to an independent life.
The pose of the first stone
On April 29, 2002 the symbolic laying of the first stone took place.
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In 2005 the Foundation inaugurated the opening of the structure which included a Medium Intensity Psychiatric Community with 20 beds, a Healthcare Residence for the Disabled with 18 beds, a Day Center for 20 users and a clinic.
The renovation
At the beginning of 2011 a significant renovation of the villa; the clinic is closed to create new, better organized spaces.
The transfer of RSD and CD
Following the restructuring, the RSD and the Day Center are transferred to the new wing.
The second CPM
In the area of the building left by the RSD, a new Medium intensity Psychiatric Community for another 20 patients.
2015
New Psychiatric Community
- Set up of a second Medium Intensity Psychiatric Community with 20 beds in the area of the building vacated by the RSD.
2011
Renovation of the Villa
- Closure of the clinic
- Transfer of the RSD and the Day Center to the newly rebuilt new wing
2005
Inauguration of the Villa Rondo Psychiatric Facility
The structure includes:
- 1 Medium Intensity Psychiatric Community
. 20 beds
- 1 Day Centre
- 20 places on a day basis
- 1 Healthcare Residence for the Disabled
- 18 beds
- 1 clinic
2002
The project
Proposal to transform the villa into a nursing home for psychiatric patients, aimed at rehabilitating them to an independent life.
April 29: symbolic laying of the first stone.
2001
A generous donation
The structure was donated to the Foundation by Commendatore Aldo Rondo and his wife Ambrogina Sormani. The spouses wanted to allocate what they owned to a good work capable of combining charity and entrepreneurship.
The origins
2005:: An association called Cooperativa Esserci provided assistance to people with HIV.
The beginning of the activity
2008: Emanuele Flaccadori, administrative director of the Maddalena Grassi Foundation, joins the Board of Directors of the Esserci Cooperative.
A new lodging house
2009: Maddalena Grassi Foundation opens a second community for people with HIV: a low-income residential home.
The change of management
Subsequently, the management of the cooperative was entirely entrusted to Emanuele Flaccadori and Elizabeth Cendra, head of the Seveso Lodging House of the Maddalena Grassi Foundation.
The renovation
2017: From the basement area, originally intended as a chapel, a two-room apartment, two studios, a meeting room and a new chapel were created.
Today
The Maddalena Grassi Foundation continues to manage the low-income healthcare accommodation facility, founded in 2009.