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The Federation

Defending, uniting, supporting

We are FASD, the Fédération de l'Aide et des Soins à Domicile. We coordinate, represent and support the 9 regional ASD centres. Every day, our teams support thousands of people with respect, care and humanity, wherever they feel most at home. better: at home.

La Federation de l'Aide et des Soins à Domicile (FASD) is a non-profit organisation.

It federates and supports 9 ASD centres active in French- and German-speaking Belgium.

Our ASD are essential to home care: they support people whose autonomy changes as a result of age, illness or disability, so that they can continue to live at home in the best possible conditions.

Our mission

Our mission is to unite, represent and support regional DHAs in their day-to-day work, so that they can concentrate on what's most important: well-being in the home.
We defend the interests of DHAs and their teams in dealings with public bodies, institutional partners and other players in home help and care. We work closely with the political authorities, mutual insurance companies and professionals in the field to advance our sector, in the interests of beneficiaries and teams.
We also provide administrative, logistical, legal, IT, communications, HR and training support to strengthen the day-to-day running of the DSAs. We also develop projects that help to enhance their resources, skills and know-how.

Our values

We understand the importance of effective, personalised support.

We make home support our priority.

Our values are built around this idea

Human support

Each person we work with is unique. We offer them respect, attentiveness and dignity by recognising their uniqueness, their choices and their vulnerabilities.

Over and above our professional gestures, our benevolence is evident in every glance and every word, demonstrating our sincere attention to their emotions and needs.

A professional and lasting commitment

Our skills and ethics are the foundation of our rigorous, high-quality support.

Being present, reliable and dedicated is the promise we make to our customers.

Solidarity as a strength

We move forward together, teams, families and partners, sharing responsibility and mutual support.

Thanks to the richness and complementarity of our professions, together we build a comprehensive, coherent response that promotes well-being in the home.

Respect as a compass

We place the dignity of each person at the heart of our support, whatever their age or situation.

For us, respecting each individual is a matter of course. Respect is our compass for building well-being in the home.

Our vision

At FASD, we believe that it is possible and necessary to offer home support that is profoundly human, accessible and supportive.

We aspire to a society where everyone, whatever their situation, can live at home in comfort and integrity, facilitated by caring and competent professionals.

Our vision is based on

a holistic approach to each person's reality, choices and pace
close collaboration between each department, essential for meeting complex and changing needs
the defence of a non-commercial model that puts the quality of the link and the service above all else
a desire for recognition for professionals in the sector

Beneficiaries, professionals, partners and institutions, together we can build well-being at home on a model that is fairer, more humane and more sustainable.

Our history

The FASD co-constructs well-being at home by supporting DHAs so that they can offer home help and care to people who need it.

This wonderful human and social adventure has been marked by some key moments

Creation of the Croix Jaune et Blanche (CJB) in Ghent, the first organised home nursing service in Belgium, inspired by the Dutch model.

1937

Foundation of the National Federation of CJB Associations to coordinate the various centres and structure home care.

1939

Introduction of compulsory health and disability insurance, first reimbursements for certain treatments and recognition of the CJB.

1944 1948

Introduction of a legal framework for family support services.

1949

Merger of the CJB with Caritas catholica and the Alliance des Mutualités chrétiennes, creating a pluralist association open to all.

1963

The Picqué Decree formalised the coordination of homecare, linking social, health and medical aspects.

1989

Creation of the Fédération Nationale Aide Familiale (FNAF), which brings together the eight Aide Familiale associations, namely the six Walloon Aide Familiale associations, the Brussels Aide Familiale association and the German-speaking Aide Familiale association.

1993

Birth of the Fédération de l'Aide et des Soins à Domicile (FASD), the result of collaboration between several associations in the sector, the French-speaking part of the Yellow and White Cross, the Fédération Nationale Aide Familiale (FNAF) and the Coordination nationale des Centres de Soins et Services à Domicile (CCSSD). This year symbolises the construction of a genuine joint project.

1995

Centralisation of services, integration of new professions (care assistants, psychologists, occupational therapists), development of services (childcare).

2000

Closer ties with other players in the homecare sector. Aide & Soins à Domicile (ASD) is expanding its partnerships with PSD-Vitatel, Qualias and Solival. A new corporate logo was adopted by all the players and a common graphic charter was created.

2014