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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 make it easier to cope with informal care.
This is what Amaryllis can do with you
Informal carers often feel alone. Yet more is possible than you think. For the person requiring care and for you as an informal carer.
Amaryllis does not provide care or support to carers itself. We do, however, give informal carers an overview, offer perspective and we help find solutions.
In addition, as a carer, it is important to take good care of yourself. We can help with that too. With tips, but also with activities and fun actions for informal carers.
Young carers
Are you a young carer? Amaryllis is here for you too. Check out the Amaryllis website especially for young people soon!
Want to know more now? If so, please contact team Mantelzorg.
Consultation hours Mantelzorg team
Do you have a question? Do you want to get your heart out? Or are you at a loss as to how to proceed? Informal carers are welcome at the Walk-in meeting of team Mantelzorg of Amaryllis. You can also make a make an appointment for a meeting at team Mantelzorg or at your home. Together we will look at your situation and explore the options.
Tips, information and arrangements
Team Mantelzorg has tips and information for informal carers in the municipality of Leeuwarden. Tips for everyday life can already make a difference. There may also be activities and facilities nearby. Furthermore, we know which aids and regulations 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.
Mantel care cafés
In several Leeuwarden neighbourhoods and villages, Amaryllis organises informal care cafés. During a Mantelzorgcafé you can drink coffee together 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.
The informal care cafes are usually once a month, but not in July and August. Check the calendar for the places and dates of the informal care cafés.
Actions and activities for carers
We regularly organise something extra for informal carers. To get away from it all or to be pampered ourselves. Because as an informal carer, you deserve a lot of appreciation!
For example, a nice meal, an outing, lecture, festive gathering, the annual informal care weekend, a concert or discount vouchers.
Some of these activities come in the agenda on this website. But there are also activities and actions about which we only send information by post and/or email, to the carers known to us. Therefore, please provide your postal and email address to Informal care team.
Lodging flat
We rent a flat in a care home. In this ‘respite room’, a carer can stay overnight from time to time. As a carer, you can then take a break.
A person's own home care goes with them to the guest flat. Does someone not usually have home care? Then we will see if an indication is needed for home care during the stay. The care home's nursing staff is available for emergencies or questions.
Day care can continue as normal during the stay. For those without day care, we can look at options at Meet & Participate From Amaryllis.
Sometimes it is better to keep the carer at home with all the care around it, and as a carer unwind in the guest flat.
Staying can be for a maximum of two weeks at a time. The co-payment is €10 per day, including meals. The guest flat is not for crisis or emergency situations. Consult with team Mantelzorg what is possible in case of crisis or emergency.
If you would like to know more or book the lodge flat, please contact Informal care team.
Informal care newsletter
We regularly send a newsletter to carers by email. Would you like to receive the email 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 recognisable stories, surprising tips and inspiring insights.
Give your address to Informal care team. Then you will receive Mantelkracht magazine twice a year.
Report to team Mantelzorg
Are you a carer and live in the municipality of Leeuwarden? Register with the Amaryllis Mantelzorg team. Then you will receive our email newsletter, the national magazine Mantelkracht and information about our actions and activities for informal carers.
Doing it yourself already
Maybe there is something you can already do yourself to make informal care easier to sustain. Check out our tips here:
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.
