Taking over care tasks yourself and among each other
The shift of responsibility towards the citizen is a second hurdle that must be overcome. The municipalities expect that citizens will take over a significant part of the care tasks themselves and among themselves. The success of the new WMO depends on the active input of citizens and only works if the citizen can enter into a well-informed discussion with the municipality. That seems logical, but will have to be organised or at least facilitated in the form of social networks. The Association of Dutch Municipalities ( VNG ) also believes that municipalities should make this possible.
Digital and physical social networks go hand in hand
The ongoing digitalization of society provides part of the solution or mindset. The more people are connected, the easier it is to reach them, communicate with them and help (each other). The world itself has gone through its own (digital) transition. We are connected to each other 7×24 on very different digital platforms.
I see a development to also set up the social environment of citizens who need care digitally. I write this latvia phone number list while realizing that not everyone is online or wants to be connected digitally, but expect a substantial percentage of participants.
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A decade ago, the distribution of digital participation (communities), as can be seen from the image above, was as follows: 1% was very active, 9% contributed to a lesser extent and 90% preferred to watch or no longer visited.