Peristeri Residential Care Facility “Odysseas”

It is located at 23 Kalamon St., close to the “Agios Antonios” Metro Station, in the heart of the community and the city of Peristeri, opposite a beautiful square. When the Ilion Residential Care Facility was named “Aeneas”, the idea of naming this Residential Care Facility “Odysseas” was self-evident; the “Odyssey” and Odysseus have a great deal in common with Aeneas and the “Aeneid”: principles, timeless values, companionship, struggle and wandering in the search for “Ithaca”.

Identity and Licensing

The Residential Care Facility (A’) for people with severe intellectual disability and secondary mental disorders under the distinctive title “Odysseas” has been operating in Peristeri since June 2006 and is one of the housing facilities of the Hellenic Association for Psychosocial Support, Rehabilitation and Community Care, a Civil Non-Profit Company. It is a licensed mental health unit, whose main purpose is the psychosocial rehabilitation of its residents. Its establishment and operation have been approved and licensed successively by the Ministry of Health: with the Feasibility Approval Υ5β/Γ.Π./οικ.97226 of 16-9-2005, the Establishment Licence Υ5β/Γ.Π./οικ.153023 of 20-11-2009, the initial Operating Licence Υ5β/Γ.Π./74152 of 4-10-2013 and the amended Operating Licence Γ3β/Γ.Π./66206/22 of 23-1-2023. Its operation is supervised by the Directorate of Mental Health of the Ministry of Health and the 2nd Health Region (DYPe) of Piraeus and the Aegean. Its operation is funded by the Ministry of Health.

As a mental health unit, the Residential Care Facility houses 15 people with intellectual disability and secondary mental disorders, who come mainly from the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica “Dafni».

The Human Resources

The daily operation of the Residential Care Facility in Peristeri is supported by specialised staff who are our collaborators: a psychiatrist, doctors of other specialties where necessary as external collaborators, a psychologist, social workers, an occupational therapist, nurses and general duties workers, who ensure the daily and unceasing (24-hour) care of the residents, aiming at their dignity and equal living within the Community. The psychosocial rehabilitation of the residents is a common goal of everyone who works daily at the “Odysseas” mental health unit.

Psychosocial Rehabilitation: Our Philosophy

The “Odysseas” Residential Care Facility in Peristeri follows the same way of operating as all the Housing Facilities of the Centre, as described in detail in the section “Organisation and Operating Rules in the Residential Care Facilities”: respect for the individuality of each resident, daily 24-hour care, community life and gradual, equal reintegration into society. The aim is always the psychosocial rehabilitation of every resident.