High-quality and trusted care in your own home
“Continue living in your familiar surroundings with professional support day and night. Experience comfort, peace, and expert care under one roof.
Costs fully reimbursed by insurer
No financial worries: our live-in care is often fully reimbursed. Focus on what matters—your well-being—while we take care of the rest.
Tailored and real care
100% attention
Discover personalized care that truly listens. We tailor our care to your pace and preferences, with undivided attention and a single point of contact.
Why appropriate care?
The Dutch healthcare system is under unprecedented pressure. The population is aging, staff shortages are growing, and budgets are under strain. At Happyhomecare, we believe that the answer lies not in more care, but in Appropriate Care.
For us, Appropriate Care is not a theoretical framework from the Integrated Care Agreement (IZA), but a daily practice. It is our mission to make the transition from 'institution to home' not only possible, but also medically responsible and humane.
The four principles of appropriate care at Happyhomecare
1. Value-driven: Quality of life as a compass. Care is only appropriate when it contributes to what is truly important to the patient. By facilitating care in their own living environment, we restore autonomy. Our live-in caregivers look beyond the medical record; they support the person behind the patient.
2. The Right Care in the Right Place: Home as a safe base. The most suitable place for recovery and aging is almost always at home. However, for complex cases, a weekly visit from community nursing is often insufficient. We offer the necessary proximity and coordination needed to immediately relieve the pressure on hospital beds and nursing homes.
3. Shared Decision-Making: The triangle between doctor, patient, and care provider. We act as the eyes and ears of the treating physician. Through close collaboration with general practitioners and specialists, we ensure that the treatment plan is strictly and expertly implemented at home. Appropriate care means that the patient remains in control, supported by a professional safety net.
4. Focus on Health: Prevention through Presence Through 24/7 presence, we transform care from reactive to proactive. We identify complications before they become crisis situations. This prevents unnecessary emergency admissions and relieves the already overburdened acute care chain.
Collaboration: What Happyhomecare's appropriate care means for healthcare professionals
For healthcare professionals such as general practitioners, case managers, and transfer nurses, Appropriate Care only becomes concrete when the home situation can actually support a patient's medical and social complexity. Happyhomecare acts as a direct extension of your expertise in this regard by deploying a dedicated, live-in caregiver who provides the necessary structure and continuous presence to safely realize 'The Right Care in the Right Place'. In this collaboration, we unburden primary care by early detection of health risks, while simultaneously helping hospitals expedite patient discharge, so that you can transfer care with peace of mind to a stable, reliable, and professionally monitored home environment.
Experiences of Satisfied Clients
At Happyhomecare, we greatly value the experiences and feedback of our clients and their families.
Since we opted for 24-hour home care, peace has returned to our lives. My father can stay safely in his own home, with a live-in care au pair who helps him with all daily tasks. The cost of 24-hour home care was very reasonable, and we are very grateful for the personal attention and involvement.
We were worried about the cost of 24-hour home care, but it is worth every penny. Our live-in care au pair is not only professional and skilled, but also shows genuine understanding of my grandfather's feelings. He now lives in his own home with a smile, supported day and night.