Self-help training for mental health complaints
Anyone can take online self-help training. If something is bothering you, but you don't want (yet) to talk to a social worker, self-help training can be a solution. You work on changing your situation yourself. After training, most people actually feel better. What self-help training programs are there? There are several online self-help training [....]
Talk about it with your doctor or primary care physician (POH)
Most family caregivers lovingly care for another person. But it can also be difficult. Talk about it with your family doctor or a primary care physician. 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 area of Breda
Take good care of another. Then take good care of yourself, too! Host 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 caregiver. By taking over the care from the informal caregiver, the informal caregiver can take a [...]
Questions about finances? Request (free of charge) the Finance Pocketbook from Surplus
As an informal caregiver, 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 Pocketbooks Finances for Informal Caregivers available from MantelzorgNL. Handy to use for reference! Call 0162-748600 or email mantelzorg.etten-leur@surplus.nl. Then we will send by mail a [...]
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 [...]
Video on memory problems: ‘The heart doesn't forget!’
In the municipality of Etten-Leur, about 1,700 informal caregivers are registered with Surplus. These informal caregivers are supported in various ways. Besides coaching, information and advice, caregivers can participate in workshops, courses and other activities. About having dementia Surplus made a video with the personal stories of Wim and Anna. Leonie Willemse is a social worker [...].
Volunteer Mike talks about his experience as a buddy
Do you recognize that? You have some spare time and would like to spend it usefully? This is possible, for example, by becoming a buddy in the municipality of Etten-Leur. Because as a buddy you can mean so much to someone else! Volunteer Mike can confirm this. Seven years ago he became a buddy at Surplus. Mike tells, together with his first [...]
Experiencing the experiences of people with dementia together
Informal care organized a ‘Experience afternoon’ for family caregivers on January 23, 2020 at community center De Slotjes in Etten-Leur. Informal caregivers who care for their loved one with dementia or other memory problems. A moment where meeting and experiencing was central. A number of caregivers had followed the Dementia & Now course. These experiences connected nicely to this. Awareness and the [...]
Attention to Stroke Day
Every second Tuesday in May, we in Europe mark ‘Stroke Day. On this day, attention is drawn to recognizing a stroke (CVA) and what to do when you or someone close to you suddenly has one of the symptoms of a stroke. But what if you have (had) a stroke yourself? [...]