Kork, Germany: Diakonie Kork Epilepsiezentrum Epilepsy Centre, Kork

The Diakonie Kork Epilepsiezentrum is a non-governmental foundation with a Christian background. The Epilepsy Centre began in 1892 with the ‘Heilund Pflegeanstalt für epileptische Kinder’ committed to help children with epilepsy followed by the ‘Heilund Pflegeanstalt für Epileptische’ widening the spectrum to the care for adults with epilepsy in 1901. Thus, the beginnings of the Centre were characterised by long-stay residential care based on the protestant humanistic movement, which had its origin in Germany in the second half of the 19th century.