{"id":3664,"date":"2015-11-09T23:35:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T23:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=3664"},"modified":"2021-08-05T19:56:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T19:56:46","slug":"dag-van-de-mantelzorg-10-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/dag-van-de-mantelzorg-10-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Dag van de Mantelzorg on 10 November"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, November 10\u00a0is the Dag van de Mantelzorg\u00a0<\/em>(Day of Caregiving). Before going further into what happens on this day: who are these caregivers? In the Netherlands,\u00a0mantelzorgers<\/em> are\u00a0familieleden\u00a0<\/em>(relatives),\u00a0vrienden\u00a0<\/em>(friends),\u00a0kennissen\u00a0<\/em>(acquaintances) and\u00a0buren\u00a0<\/em>(neighbors), who take care of family members, a friend or neighbor that is in need of chronic help. Basically, these are people helping others with whom\u00a0they have already had a personal connection before. They do this\u00a0vrijwillig<\/em> (voluntarily), without compensation, and for a longer period of time. Officially, a mantelzorger is somebody that gives care to somebody else for at least eight hours a week for at least three months. They also often do this next to their regular job. So that is quite a challenge and a commitment!<\/p>\n

There are around 3.5 million\u00a0mantelzorgers\u00a0<\/em>in the Netherlands, of whom around 1 million care for another more than eight hours a week for a person in need. There is a subsidy for\u00a0mantelzorgers\u00a0<\/em>in certain cases: a small\u00a0\u20ac 200,- per year. Still, that is better than nothing.<\/p>\n

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Een mantelzorger (Image by The Home of Fixers on Flickr at Flickr.com under CC BY-ND 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n

A heart under the belt<\/strong><\/p>\n

For their commitment, the caregivers\u00a0are given some support on the\u00a0Dag van de Mantelzorg<\/em>. As you would say in Dutch,\u00a0een hart onder de riem steken\u00a0<\/em>(literally: to stick a heart under the belt), which means as much as encouraging and looking after somebody. So what does this entail? Well, there are many possibilities, for example an\u00a0applaus voor de mantelzorger<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(applause for the caregiver). Other government entities or organizations that give advice in terms of\u00a0mantelzorg<\/em> also make sure that the\u00a0mantelzorgers in het zonnetje gezet worden\u00a0<\/em>(the caregivers are put into the sun – put in the spotlight; celebrated).<\/p>\n

Applaus voor jezelf<\/strong><\/p>\n