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Informal care
Do you care unpaid for someone who is ill or has a disability? A family member, friend or neighbour? Then you are an informal carer. It can be beautiful, but also tough. Amaryllis can work with you to see how you can cope more easily.
This is what Amaryllis can do with you
Informal carers often feel alone. Yet more is possible than you think. Not only for the carer. Especially for you as an informal carer! We provide an overview, offer perspective and help find solutions. We also organise activities for informal carers.
Young carers
Are you a young carer? Check out the Amaryllis website for young people soon!
In conversation with team Mantelzorg
Do you have a question? Do you want to get your heart out? Or are you at a loss as to how to proceed? You are welcome at the consultation hour of team Mantelzorg. You can also make an appointment for a meeting at the office or at your home. Together, we look at your situation and explore the possibilities. We give tips, information and can help you arrange things.
Tips, information and arrangements
Tips for everyday life as a carer can already make a difference. There may also be activities and facilities nearby that you can make use of. Furthermore, we know what resources and schemes are available and how to apply for them. We can also help you arrange voluntary or paid care or support. Amaryllis does not provide care or support itself.
Of course, we are also happy to tell you about our own activities for carers.
Information about the consultation hours and our contact details can be found on the contact page of team Mantelzorg.
Lodging flat
We rent a flat in a care home. In this 'respite room', a carer can stay overnight from time to time. The informal carer can then take a break.
Your own home care goes with you. If there is no home care, we will see if an indication for home care is needed for during the stay. The care centre's nursing staff is available for emergencies or questions.
Day care can continue as normal. If someone does not have a daytime activity, we can look at the possibilities at Ontmoeten & Meedoen van Amaryllis. [Link to page O&M]
Sometimes it is better to keep the carer at home with all the care around it, and let the informal carer unwind in the guest flat.
The lodge flat is not for crisis or emergency. Consult with Amaryllis what is possible in case of crisis or emergency.
Staying can be for a maximum of two weeks at a time. The co-payment is €10 per day.
Mantel care cafés
During the Mantelzorgcafé, you can have coffee with other informal carers. Conviviality and meeting other informal carers is paramount. If you like, you can share experiences and exchange tips. Sometimes there is a lecture or other activity. You can also talk to Amaryllis staff. Feel welcome to drop by sometime.
Amaryllis organises informal care cafes in different neighbourhoods and villages of Leeuwarden. They are usually once a month, but not in July and August.
Check the calendar for the places and dates of informal care cafes >>
Additional activities
We regularly organise something extra for informal carers. To get away from it all or to be pampered ourselves. Like the annual caregiver weekends or going to a concert.
Check the calendar to see if anything is scheduled soon.
Or sign up for our newsletter!
Informal care newsletter
We regularly send a newsletter to carers. We do this by email. Would you like to receive the newsletter? Let team Mantelzorg know.
Magazine Mantelkracht
Amaryllis offers informal carers in the municipality of Leeuwarden the magazine Mantelkracht free of charge. This is a magazine from the national association MantelzorgNL. It is full of information and inspiring and recognisable stories about informal care. Give your address to the Amaryllis Mantelzorg team. You will then receive the Mantelkracht magazine twice a year.
Doing it yourself already
Maybe there is something you can do yourself in advance to make informal care easier to sustain.
Gerard Smit Odensehuis
An Odensehuis is a meeting place for people with incipient dementia/alzheimer's and non-congenital brain injury, as well as informal carers, family and friends. There is space for meeting, support, activities and advice. The Gerard Smit Odensehuis in Leeuwarden is a collaboration with Amaryllis.
Tips from MantelzorgNL
MantelzorgNL is a national association for informal carers. They stand up for informal carers. On their website, you can also find tips on various topics.
Tips from MantelzorgBalans
MantelzorgBalans is a platform with useful exercises and information to get or keep balance in your life.
Check out SamenLeeuwarden.nl
On the website Samenleeuwarden.nl, you can find volunteers, voluntary work and activities and services in the neighbourhoods and villages. Residents and organisations can post their requests or offers there themselves.
SamenLeeuwarden.nl is an initiative of Amaryllis.
