Those who experience the suffering of a complex disease say it, but even caregivers say it: facilities are needed to ease the burden of commitment and courage. Facilitating a health journey for patients and their families is the premise behind the Casale Angelini project, Italy’s first care house. It is a space and a free accommodation service for cancer patients regulated by a memorandum of understanding signed by the Angelini Foundation, Ospedali Riuniti Hospital of Ancona, the Marche Region, the Municipality of Ancona and the Marche Polytechnic University.

The Covid-19 pandemic put a strain on every economic and social system, but amid the complexity of an unexpected phenomenon, space for new developments of thought was created.