For Healthcare
This year, the first wave of baby boomers will reach 65 years of age. More than 120,000 people will be retiring, a number that we have never experienced before. The ageing of the Netherlands is now definitely underway. At the end of 2010, 15.6% of the Dutch population was older than 65, by 2040 this will be 25.6%. The Netherlands Statistics Office forecasts that there will be 17.8 million people living in the Netherlands at that time. This means that there will be more than 4.5 million over 65s here. This group will make relatively large demands on the healthcare sector.
Living independently will be given preference
The policy of the Dutch government focuses on enabling older people to live independently as long as possible. This will make care less expensive, and it is what the majority of people themselves want. In order to make this possible, there are 220 home care institutions in the Netherlands. The employees of these institutions help older people (clients) at their homes with getting dressed, cleaning, doing shopping, providing medical care, and whatever else is needed to keep the household running.
Nedap Healthcare has 50,000 users a day
Nedap Healthcare developed a clever registration system for the home care employees – the majority of these are women – which takes care of all their administration. This gives the employees more time for care. With around 50,000 users a day, Nedap Healthcare is the market leader in this area.
Caren brings all the parties involved together
Informal caregivers are family, friends and volunteers who help with the care. In view of the huge increase in the number of older people, informal care will become increasingly important. In order to better organise the communication between the informal caregivers and the formal care, and make it easier, Nedap Healthcare developed Caren. Caren is a free website, which can be accessed by anyone, and has been operational since 2010.