How can smart tools help you as a family caregiver?
As a caregiver, you are there for your loved one on a daily basis. You care with love, but the care can also be intensive and exhausting. Fortunately, there are more and more smart tools that can support you. These technologies not only help your loved one, but also offer you as a caregiver peace of mind, an overview and space for yourself. The Innovation team [...]
Newsletter: When care touches love...
Do you recognize this too? Long-term caregiving changes something in your relationship. Or rather: quite a lot! The role as a partner shifts, communication feels different, intimacy takes on a new form. Sometimes you may think: Is this normal? Do others have this too? Care can strengthen the bond, but switching between a partner and care role (and again [...]
From.love: thank you very much!
Thank you to everyone who cares for another! Informal care is invaluable, but it does not always come naturally. We emphasized this again last year during our out.of.love campaign. After all, informal care requires time, attention and sometimes more energy than you think you have. But it is supported by something beautiful: love and care [...].
Will you help support family caregivers? Become a buddy, office tiger or informal care coach!
Caring for a loved one is something you often grow into slowly. It impacts many things; relationships, your own well-being, your schedule, finances, social circle and daily life. At Surplus Mantelzorg, we understand how important and sometimes heavy this responsibility can be. This is why we offer support to family members who provide long-term care for [...]
As a working family caregiver, do you feel guilty? You're not the only one.
Kim works as a corporate social worker and informal care support worker at Surplus. In this blog, she gives practical tips and discusses the daily reality of combining informal care with work. The theme of this blog: guilt in combining work and care. Do you also feel that you fall short? As a (working) caregiver [...]
How satisfied are you with Surplus Mantelzorg?
From April 8 through April 15, Surplus is hosting a customer satisfaction measurement week. We do this twice a year because we would like to know how our services are experienced. So we would like to hear your experiences with Surplus Mantelzorg. This way we can further develop our services and therefore your opinion is important to us. Please fill [...]
Looking for answers to life questions?
Who am I (still)? What am I living for? What is the point? How do I keep it up? Why does this happen to us? We all have life questions; they color life with meaning and significance. A major event, or just the passage of time, can make life questions topical. Caring for and caring for a [...]
Looking for smart tools to help you with worry?
As a caregiver, you have your hands full with caring, arranging and other tasks. There are several tools that can make caregiving easier. They can help you spend your time as well as possible. Look for an overview on hulpmiddelenwijzer.nl. In addition, here we discuss four frequently used smart aids. Take advantage of them! Make [...]
Help, a diagnosis ... Now what?
Suddenly there is clarity about your loved one's illness or condition. You have a conversation with a doctor or receive a letter... Perhaps this news comes as a blow, or conversely, a period of investigation is already behind you. Either way, the research process and receiving a diagnosis can take a lot of [...]
Is there an allowance for informal care?
We regularly receive questions at Surplus about reimbursements for informal care. Therefore, we answer frequently asked questions this way: There is no general reimbursement for informal caregivers. However, there are a number of other possibilities: - Does the person you care for have a Personal Budget? Close a care agreement together. - Do you belong to the same household? [...]
In addition to being a colleague, are you a caregiver?
In addition to being a colleague, are you a caregiver? Chances are you are! A quarter of working people personally care for someone who needs extra care or help. On average, even more caregivers work in the healthcare sector. Many family caregivers look for flexibility in their work environment so that everything can be managed and run smoothly. That goes with [...]
3 tips from a dementia case manager
Do you care for a family member with memory problems? In this video case manager Anouk de Kwaadsteniet, who works for the organization Het Hoge Veer in the municipality of Geertruidenberg, gives 3 tips for family caregivers. A case manager is an independent and permanent companion for people with dementia and their loved ones. A case manager informs, guides, thinks, advises and arranges care. Ask [...]
