Is there Carer Support after moving to a nursing home?
Moving to a nursing home is a drastic change for people with dementia and for family members. It is often preceded by years of intensive care. It can feel like literally handing over care to someone else. Am I still a carer? Even if a loved one lives and is cared for in a residential care home or nursing home, you remain a [...]
Do you care for a family member with memory problems? Sign up for dementia and (n)u. #more than forgotten #learn from each other
A new course on coping with dementia for family members will start soon at activity centre De Slotjes in Etten-Leur. The programme informs about caring for someone with dementia and caring for yourself. Dementia and Now aims to help family members understand and cope with dementia. During ten meetings, we discuss topics such as: [...]
Self-help training for mental health complaints
Anyone can take online self-help training. If something is bothering you, but you do not (yet) want to or cannot talk to a counsellor, self-help training can help. You work on changing your situation yourself. After training, most people actually feel better. What self-help training programmes are there? There are several online self-help training [...]
Talk about it with your GP or primary care physician (POH)
Most informal carers lovingly care for another person. But it can also be difficult. Talk to your GP or a practice nurse about it. They can help you: They listen to your story They provide practical help They guide you through issues of acceptance and grief They encourage you to [...]
Need substitute care? Pilot Logeerzorg in the Breda area
Take good care of another. Then take good care of yourself too! Hostel care can help. Host care: what is it? Host care is temporary care for people who still live at home and receive care from someone close to them - an informal carer. By taking over the informal carer's care, the informal carer can take a breather [...].
Questions about finance? Request the Finance Pocket Book (free of charge) from Surplus
As a carer, chances are you will incur (additional) costs for the care you provide. Do you have questions about finances, laws and regulations? Surplus has a number of Pocket booklets Finance for Informal Carers available from MantelzorgNL. Handy to use for reference! Call 0162-748600 or email mantelzorg.etten-leur@surplus.nl. We will then send a [...] by post.
Thinking along about daily living with dementia?
Are you a family member of someone living in Etten-Leur with dementia? Etten-Leur city council considers a dementia-friendly municipality important. However, there are signals that people living at home with (incipient) dementia make limited use of the current range of activities, that the current range does not sufficiently meet the needs of, and that only a [...]
