Informal care campaign: ‘Throw open your cloak, make your care(s) visible’

The week of informal care is from November 10 to 15. We pay extra attention to all informal caregivers who are ready for another person every day. Besides all kinds of activities, Surplus is launching the campaign ‘Throw open your mantle, make your care(s) visible. Many caregivers do not call themselves caregivers They just care, out of [...]
Start of application period for gift certificates for Young Informal Caregivers

The municipality of Geertruidenberg recognizes and appreciates young family caregivers! From next September 1 until December 31, 2025, young informal caregivers between the ages of twelve and eighteen have the opportunity to apply for a special gift certificate from the Surplus Youth Work & Mantelzorg. Very normal, but also special Young family caregivers, also called CoMogelijkMakers, [...]
Good news: installing a home for informal care becomes easier

Would you like to care for a loved one and are considering a family care home? That will soon become easier. The government is working on a new law. That law will ensure that you can place an informal care home throughout the Netherlands under the same rules. Municipalities may no longer make additional rules. What will change? The new law is called: Strengthening [...]
What exactly is dementia?

A clear explanation video by Dr. Anneke van der Plaats about what exactly happens in the brain when someone has dementia. And what happens then less and less. From her book ‘De dag door met dementie’. Anneke van der Plaats is a social geriatrician and as a nursing home physician, scientist, lecturer and consultant in the field [...]