the pathway
The Rinfresca app is your one-stop-shop to compose a wellness journey from any combination of these services — for a holiday, for everyday life, or both.
Services shaped with the families that use them.
Similar to the Agile method in software, co-design sessions involve Italian, English, Australian and American families in defining the services Rinfresca will deliver — so packages reflect concrete, real needs rather than assumptions. Co-design began in October 2025.
3 or 6 nights for the whole family in carefully selected destinations.
Caregivers regenerate through spa treatments, nature walks, group workshops, herbal remedies, massage and nutritional therapy — or sporting and cultural activities if they want a more stimulating break. At the same time, family members with intellectual disability and their siblings receive tailored support from professional workers in a parallel Respite Camp.
The whole family creates an artwork expressing their care needs.
At each retreat — and on request to schools, museums, day centres and companies — the family comes together to create an artwork that expresses care needs that too often stay latent. The works are exhibited online and in galleries through Our Right to Respite, a self-advocacy exhibition supporting an international collaborative network for the rights of people with disability.
Moments of respite during the day — caregiver and dependant, in parallel.
The service that differentiates Rinfresca most. Rather than sending a worker to your home for a few hours, Micro-respite meets families where they already go for routine activities — pairing caregiver and dependant activities at the same partner facility, at the same time.
1:1 sessions to develop targeted, tangible quality-of-life improvements.
A methodology grounded in an equal relationship between coach and client, aimed at recognising, developing and enhancing the strategies, procedures and actions useful for achieving objectives the caregiver defines — for tangible improvement in family life.
Free interactive group sessions, also available as podcasts.
Open to anyone interested. A vehicle for disseminating useful information and growing brand awareness. Every two months we invite experts to present their work — counsellors, family planning experts for wills and special-needs trusts, naturopaths, neuropsychiatrists, healing arts practitioners and others.
Build Your Balance
Build Your Balance brings together Micro-respite, Life Coaching and Webinars into a modular psychophysical health journey you control. Mix, match, and pace it to fit your family's rhythm.
example package
For a family of four. Indicative pricing — every package is co-designed.
Subsidised access available for low-income families through the Rinfresca Access Fund.
From co-design to scale
June 2026 — first 3-night retreat at La Fiorida with 3 co-design families. Micro-respite tests with Il Gabbiano in Cantù.
Agri-tourisms, allied health centres, gyms, swimming pools, schools and cultural centres.
Micro-respite from August 2026. Respite Retreats from November 2026 for the 2027 season.
International chains (Marriott, Pullman), B2B partners (Contact UK, Dynamo Camp), and the Rinfresca Access Fund.
