The nursing home is owned by the Congregation of the Nursing Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows of Pisa, a non-profit organization under Pontifical Law (Pontifical Decree dated July 16, 1954); the Italian State recognized the Congregation's legal status with Presidential Decree No. 141 of January 31, 1957.
According to its Constitutions, the Congregation carries out works of religion and worship; on a non-profit basis, it carries out educational, instructional, hospital care, social assistance in all its various forms, and charitable works that meet the specific needs of the times and places where it operates, always providing a service of love to its brothers and sisters, especially those who suffer most.