Demand for care described

Living with a disability means living with restrictions. You are restricted in what is possible and what is not possible. They are restrictions which hinder you or which you want to fight. And hereby the same questions apply as for all people: how can I shape my life, what should I do with my life, how can I organise it and lead a meaningful life?
This question about a meaningful life is a difficult question. We do not ask this question every day. However, people with a disability do it more often. They have to. Because life has restricted them with regard to their possibilities. And this means that they will have to fight harder in life than people without a disability.

In control
There is another aspect: we live in a world in which you are expected that you do everything yourself, that you are in control, that you act as a full citizen and arrange things yourself, even when you have a disability. And in our world speed, speed and speed is often a dominant aspect.

Taking the lead
And this is where Zorg-unie plays a role. Zorg-unie assumes that people themselves are responsible for how they want to organise their life. And in the case of living with a disability: this is a reality. You just can't ignore it or dream it away. However, one thing that you can decide yourself is how you cope with your disability and how to take control over your life. This is where Zorg-unie wants to play a role: helping people to find their own strength (again) and take control over their life again.

Practical, clear and objective
Zorg-unie operates in a very practical and clear way, that is to say, by exactly describing what you can do and what you cannot do. In other words, and we will use care jargon: Zorg-unie describes the demand for care, neatly arranged according to hours, jobs and qualifications. And in an entirely objective way.

Stronger position
Your position is stronger when you describe the demand for care in this way. It is stronger towards organisations that have to provide or fund care such as CIZ, health insurers and local authorities. Experience shows that this can make your own position stronger. Because you have described exactly what you need and what you do not need. That are objective details that no one can ignore.

For and by people
Moreover, the staff of Zorg-unie takes the time, focuses on questions of clients and wants to go to the heart of the matter. It is work of people: for people and by people. That is what is important at Zorg-unie and that is how we can take away some of the worries of people.

Development
Last, but not least, when a person has assessed his/her need and demand for care with the assistance of Zorg-unie, this may initially be sobering and confronting. However, it may also have a liberating effect and release energy to take actual control over one's situation. And that is where Zorg-unie also can and wants to offer support, that is to say, by helping to develop a Personal Development Plan.