25-11-2014, 23:25 (Update 25-11- 2014, 23:25)
Groningen – She is perhaps in the interests of a few thousand Dutch, but they do it mostly for her aged father and mother she says. “My father is almost blind. My mother is severely incontinent. If the domestic worker is lost, the house gets dirty. “
Elderly couple fights delete help at home to
TV cameras are aimed at her lawyer. She herself remains anonymous, like her Frisian parents of 88 and 89 years. She wants to keep them outside. “Because they are old and all day busy with their flaws, they have not thoroughly that they are nationwide in interest,” she said afterwards.
Complaints Rain
The woman, only daughter, talk timid, but seems determined: she asks the court for a preliminary injunction is now the town Dantumadeel domestic help for her parents January 1 not will pay more. This has the municipality without examining their personal situation to know. The question is whether this is legally allowed. Twenty, mostly smaller municipalities have done the same and draw on January 1, all household help. It’s raining complaints.
The municipality Dantumadeel reasons: those who can not pay the help, but must object and then see if we adjust. Also, an appeal can be made to the special assistance.
According to the lawyer, the couple can not afford itself the help. They live on a small pension and retirement. “It would cost them four to five hundred euros. Then they fall below subsistence level. “Although they are the owners of their apartment,” but you can not eat stones. ” The administrative court left no doubt: one’s income or assets may not play a role, teaches jurisprudence.
The couple now has seven relief provided by their own daughter who happens to work in home care. The lawyer: “The municipality has previously assessed the situation of Mr. and Mrs. and granted in 2012 for an additional hour assistance. What has changed that they could now suddenly yourself? “
The municipality acknowledged that no research has been done. But that all household help is removed, according to her lawyer a misrepresentation. “The municipality delete anything, but because of the limited budget makes choices. More and more people live at home longer and will need intensive care. We want to guarantee. It is common practice, even for people without disabilities, that they simply cleaning regulate itself. “Pronunciation on 9 December.
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