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Housing for the elderly in the Netherlands
— a care problem | | Author(s) | Guus van Egdom |
| Journal title | Ageing International, vol XXIII, no 3/4, Winter/Spring 1997 |
| Publisher | International Federation on Ageing - IFA, Winter/Spring 1997 |
| Pages | pp 165-182 |
| Keywords | Housing [elderly] ; Sheltered housing ; Care homes ; Social policy ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Immediately after the Second World War, older people in the Netherlands experienced a housing problem. As housing was needed for young families, older people were encouraged to move into homes for elderly people, which, as the housing problem diminished, were transformed into care homes. However, they were in a take-it-or-leave-it position: rooms were very small and had limited facilities. Today, there are more alternatives for older people needing care: they can live in care homes, or in sheltered housing projects. Home care has improved, and sometimes care-homes will also provide comprehensive care - which will be funded in the future from personalised care budgets. Older people may be able to live in a "grow-along" house near a care home or service centre, and "buy" care from whoever they want. This de-linking of housing and care will make older people more autonomous and will force care providers to be more customer-oriented. Care providers sometimes oppose such changes for fear of losing their jobs - but unless change is resisted, this is not the case. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980402221 A |
| Classmark | KE: KLA: KW: TM2: 76H |
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