Need help with informal care?

No, no one forces you to provide informal care to someone else. However, you can suddenly become an informal caregiver if your partner, child, parent or someone in your environment needs help for a longer period of time. The neighbourhood team will be happy to help you find out what your tasks as an informal caregiver are and what care professionals or volunteers can do.    

For professional care, employees of care organizations are paid. A diploma is also required. You can apply for professional care at the municipality of Utrecht or via your health insurer. We are happy to help you with that. Informal care is provided to someone in your environment who needs your help. You do not get paid for it.

• Sometimes you can get compensation through a personal budget (pgb). More information about the pgb can be found on our website and on the website from Per Saldo.
• You can sometimes deduct travel expenses via your tax return. The person receiving informal care has more deductions. Look at the website of the Belastingdienst.
• Via municipality of Utrecht you can sometimes get 75% off parking costs in Utrecht. 
• The municipality of Utrecht would also like to offer you a gift as a caregiver. Look at their appreciation page.

You can contact:

• gain neighborhood team in your neighborhood.  
• a volunteer or independent client support worker of You Central.
• the website for caregivers in Utrecht.
  
• en care broker via your health insurer (if reimbursed). 
• Mantelzorg Nederland, the national organization for informal caregivers. Look at the website or call the caregiver line, telephone number 030 760 60 55. 

• Help with household chores
• Care in kind or personal budget
• Coping with illness
• Stress
• Psychological complaints