privatization of home care is under debate and is now, for this year, put to a stop. But on the whole, there are more possibilities for the home care organizations to compete with one another, for instance by innovative forms of care. We will see an example on the video, namely the shop for home care products.
Not only do organizations compete, they also work together. Besides the competition between the home care organizations, there is also a tendency to cooperate with other forms of care, like hospitals, nursing homes and residential homes. Between these fields transfers of clients take place. By enhancing cooperation between these institutions it will be easier to transfer a client from one form of care, for instance home care, to another form of care, for instance a residential home.
A last trend that is prominent in home care is the trend to a rise in productivity. Because of the lack of resources, organizations put a big pressure on their employees to raise productivity. In order to get some insight in the ways the employees spend their time, they now have to register every client contact.
Screen 40 (home care: foto van registratieformuller)
Here you see three different kinds of registration form. Every carer has to fill in for every client contact: information about the client, information about the kind of care that is given and the time that is spent with the client, in minutes,
By now you may understand that home care in the Netherlands may be well organized, it is not without problems. At this point I would like to introduce the video to you. Here you see the first image that you will see on video.
