Every day, over 90.000 domestic helpers support more than 550.000 people in the Netherlands. They ensure a clean and livable home, offer a listening ear, prevent loneliness, and identify when someone needs extra help or support, for example. They also relieve informal caregivers and form an important link between housing, well-being, and care.

Domestic help is much more than a clean house.
That is why fifty organizations have joined forces with Onmisbarezorg.nl. On this platform, they collectively make visible the societal value of domestic help. Here, they share knowledge and stories that demonstrate the indispensable role domestic helpers play for clients, informal caregivers, neighborhoods, and the healthcare sector as a whole. A knowledge paper substantiating the societal value of domestic help can also be found here.

Domestic help is an indispensable link in the daily lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Behind every front door, domestic helpers see what is going on and prevent small care needs from escalating into major problems. This makes domestic help indispensable for sustainable care.

Organizations that endorse the societal value of domestic help can join this initiative. More information: www.onmisbarezorg.nl.