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200 out of 2,100 residents are members
Helping you create community-led co-operative solutions to being well in rural England
Helping people stay in their community.
Involves: professionals, volunteers, village community
Context: Care services are funded through a national insurance system.
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Hoogeloon in the municipality of Bladel in North Brabant province has just over 2,100 residents. In 2005, the first care co-operative in the Netherlands was set up there. The cooperative and its 200 members work to preserve and develop care services and facilities. As a result, senior citizens, the chronically ill and disabled people can continue to live in their own village, even when demand for care increases.
Find out more about the Dutch Village Co-op and how it works, inspired by a history of agricultural co-ops!
200 out of 2,100 residents are members
senior homes and support centre built