Wallonia will each year 1.130 additional places in nursing homes

In Wallonia, there are the following ten years every year 1.130 additional places in rest homes. Nursing homes financial support for infrastructure works will be located at a contracted price. That should ensure that homes affordable for everyone.

According to Alda Greoli (cdH), the competent Walloon minister, should the 11,000 places out there in the next ten years to recover, helping to make the vergrijzingsgolf to catch. The nursing homes are also required to the quality of the care they give to their residents offer, to improve. This requires the managers every two years a new plan must draw up, in consultation with the nursing staff. Also the residents themselves and their neighbors get a say. the

For financial support to get the nursing homes is strict rules imposed: there must be sufficient staff are continuously trained and in good conditions can work. To everyone the opportunity to give on a place, the houses should agree on a maximum price. Which can differ depending on the size of the room, the place or the presence of certain amenities.

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The nursing homes may choose to that contracted price not to respect, but then they get no infrastructuursubsidies.

Supplements for water or connections for tv, internet or phone will not be able to. Such matters must now be included in the base price.