We are there for all carers in who live in the municipality of Nijmegen. But we are not only there for them, we are also professionals. Together, we can ensure that as many informal carers in Nijmegen as possible get the right support.
In your work, you probably encounter carers on a regular basis. Perhaps you wonder how to recognise them, how to start a conversation or where to refer someone. We like to think along with you. We share our knowledge, provide information and help you to better support informal carers in your work.
We can think along with and advise on cases involving informal care and (the threat of) overburdening. In consultation, we can take over (part of) the informal care support. We can also join a consultation or case discussion. We also provide information, online or on location, about informal care and our support offer. We always tailor the content to the target group and the needs within your organisation.
We have a curriculum developed on informal care and young informal caregivers, especially for pupils and students. The package is flexible in use: we can provide it in full, but you can also do it (partly) yourself. The teaching package is available free of charge and suitable for all educational levels. We will gladly adapt the content and duration of the guest lessons to your needs.
We are a valuable collaborative partner in the field of informal care support. It is important to understand the dilemmas and challenges faced by informal carers.
That is why we offer competence promotion online and on location. These include workshops, training courses, coaching and presentations. We inform and guide teams around informal care support and always tailor our offer to the specific target group and need.
We support all informal carers living in the municipality of Nijmegen. In addition, we have extra attention for groups of informal carers who sometimes face different challenges, such as young informal carers, informal carers from migrant backgrounds and mental health informal carers.
As a professional, you can also pay extra attention to these target groups. Because it is precisely in your work that you can play an important role in identifying, supporting and referring informal carers who are particularly vulnerable. Below you will read for each target group what you as a professional can do to help them or get a better picture of them.
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An overview of what we can do and organise for informal carers. This includes individual support, courses, (theme) meetings, activities and the discussion group. But also the Week of the Young Carer
and Mantel Care Day.
If you work and care for a loved one, you can adjust your working hours or work fewer hours. You can also save overtime and use it for unexpected care tasks. This can help combine work and care better. Thanks to the Flexible Working Act, you can work from home or at times that are more convenient. You may also ask to work fewer hours.
Talk to your employer about your situation. Together, you can look for a good solution. Keep in mind that your employer may refuse. More information can be found at here.
Are you an informal carer and have health problems of your own? Are you unable to do your own housework? Then you can check whether you are entitled to domestic help via the municipality of Nijmegen. This can be done via the Social Support Act (Wmo). You can also ask your health insurer whether domestic help is reimbursed. Or you can choose to pay for the help yourself and hire it privately.
Via the municipality of Nijmegen
There are rules and conditions for applying for domestic help. Find more information here.
Through the health insurer
Ask your health insurer about the possibilities.
Private hire
If you can pay the costs yourself, you can hire a domestic worker privately. This can be done, for example, through White Workers, Homeworks, Eefke, Tzorg and Hlprs. Please note, these are not partners of ours and we have no experience with this. So please be careful.
If you work and care for someone close to you, you can take short-term care leave. This is intended if you need to care for someone temporarily. You are entitled to 2 times the number of hours you work per week. For example, if you work 24 hours, you get 48 hours of leave within 12 months.
You discuss with your employer how you want to take these hours: all at once or spread out. During the leave, you will receive at least 70% of your salary. Your employer is usually not allowed to refuse your request. Only if it causes the company major problems can this be different. More information can be found at here.
If you work and care for a loved one, you can take long-term care leave. You are entitled to 6 times the number of hours you work per week, within 12 months. This leave is unpaid. For example, if you work 32 hours, you get 192 hours of leave per year.
You must request this in writing from your employer at least 2 weeks in advance. Your employer is usually not allowed to refuse your request. Only if it puts the company in big trouble can this be different. More information can be found at here.
The municipality of Nijmegen has decided that from January 2026 it will no longer be possible to apply for the informal care compliment. We understand that this may be disappointing news for informal carers. Want to know what other forms of support are available? Feel free to contact us. We are happy to think along with you.
If you care for a relative and travel by car, you can use a carer's parking permit in Nijmegen. If your relative lives in an area with paid parking, he or she can apply for this permit.
The carer parking permit allows you to park more cheaply in the neighbourhood. To apply, your loved one must first apply for the informal care compensation. More information can be found at here.
As a carer, you travel to care for your loved one. Is the distance too great? Then you may want to live closer together. The person living in Nijmegen can apply for a carer's permit. This is only possible if the distance is now more than 5 kilometres and becomes less than 5 kilometres after the move. More information can be found at here.
There is no official proof that you are a carer. Yet organisations often ask for this. For example, for an informal care home, joint tenancy, a declaration of urgency or exemption from the obligation to apply for a job. They often want a statement from the GP. But GPs do not always cooperate. Can't get a declaration from the GP? Then collect other evidence:
Write down what you do, such as going along to appointments, grooming, administration or housework. This can sometimes be accepted as alternative evidence. More information can be found here.
A care home is a small dwelling near your home. It is for your loved one. But you can also live there yourself, while your loved one lives in the main building. You can put a ready-made house in the garden, make an extension or convert a garage into a home for informal care.
Since 2014, you are often allowed to build a care home without a permit. But the rules change and are different for each municipality. Do you want to build an informal care home? Ask the municipality of Nijmegen which rules apply now. More information can be found at here.
