Noteworthy dates 2011
Spring 2011 – Agreement prefinancing Nationaal Groenfonds.
The foundation Nationaal Groenfonds agreed to prefinance the land for the estate.
29th of march 2011 – Decision B&W Geldermalsen.
The decision by B&W county Geldermalsen concerning the zoning change request stating they have studied the plans for the development of the estate and wish to plan an informative meeting between us and the residents of Rumpt.
17th of March 2011 – Continuance report of the accountant.
Based on the new data and numbers our accountant recalculates the project and once again comes to a positive recommendation for our company plans.
29th of April 2011 – Transaction 5.5 hectares of land.
The transaction for the 5.5 hecatres of land and signing the property deed with notary Snoek by the project initiators and the former owner of the land. The transaction had been delayed by one month in agreement with the former owner because of agreements regarding the orchard. Because of sick trees the orchard was dug up in April, including the surrounding wall of conifers which were causing a nuisance to the cows in the adjacent field.
16th of may 2011 – 2nd discussion with Zorgkantoor Nijmegen.
2nd discussion with 2 buyers of Zorgkantoor Nijmegen. In this discussion Zorgkantoor Nijmegen confirms that there is a shortage of residences for the target demographic of dementia patients in the area of Geldermalsen. We receive a definitive invitation to follow along with the procedure for an application for AWBZ 2012, so that we will be armed with this knowledge in 2012 when we will start our own application for 2013.
23rd of May 2011 – Information evening care estate Rumpt.
Together with the county of Geldermalsen, the project initiators planned an information evening for the residents of Rumpt to inform them about the plans of the care estate. This evening the county Geldermalsen shares their vision of an estate and the project initiators give a presentation showing their plans for the care estate. After the break many questions are asked in person and submitted in writing with the civil servants. Several of the questions were answered this very night, all questions were later answered in writing and have been published on the city’s website.
20th of June 2011 – Informing the political parties of the county
of Geldermalsen.
At the start of June 2011 we approached the political parties of the county of Geldermalsen, for an appointment to give them a presentation and better inform them about our plans for Linge's Zorglandgoed. The PvdA was the first party we spoke with, after which after the summer we also spoke with the CDA, Dorpsbelangen and the VVD. During the fall we expect to speak with D'66 and the SGP.
23rd of june 2011 – Informative meeting Zorgkantoor Nijmegen procedure application 2012.
An informative meeting with Zorgkantoor Nijmegen where the procedure for the application for a AWBZ 2012 is explained. In the regional purchase policy of 2012, Linge’s Zorglandgoed is already mentioned among 29 others and is included in the policy starting 2015. The shortage of residences for dementia patients currently affects 36 patients. Calculating the increase in the number of dementia patients a shortage will remain affecting 19 patients after the realization of Linge’s Zorglandgoed.
7th of July 2011 – Information on domotica by Syntens.
Syntens is a new department of the ministry of Eli, which gives support to (new) entrepreneurs in various fields. We have been in contact with one of their innovation advisors and today she and her colleague informed us about domotica in the care industry. This brings us another step closer to familliarity with domotica. We will do our best to find out more and especially find many examples already in place to learn more about domotica.
18th of July 2011 – first deliberation with the population of Rumpt.
On the information evening of may 23rd 2011 several people stated their desire to discuss our plans for the care estate. We have asked these people to participate in our first deliberation with 6 out of 7 participants on July 18th where the chairman of our supervisory board preceded. This evening several subjects came up, such as: advantages care facility in combination with a green environment, alternative possibilities for the estate, choice of dementia patients, safe traffic environment and financial attainability.
19th of July 2011 – Visit to the ministry of ELI and Finances for application Natuurschoonwet.
After the purchase of the first part of the land, the 5.5 hectares starting at the Roodseweg, we filed an application with the Dienst Regelingen of the ministry of economics, agriculture and innovation for the designation as estate under the Natuurschoonwet. Before the purchase of the land it turned out that we needed to file this application now because the National government recognises an estate of 5 hectares or larger. For the county of Geldermalsen however, this needs to be 7.5 hectares. Two associates of the ministry came to visit us and we showed them around the land for our estate. Unofficially they already confirmed the designation of the land as estate.
22nd of July 2011 – Launch of the Linge’s Zorglandgoed website.
The Linge’s Zorglandgoed website is online! Great thanks go out to the designer.
1st of August 2011 – Interview by reporter from Nieuwsblad Geldermalsen.
On a nice summer day we were both interviewed by a young freelance reporter, Joris, for the newspaper Nieuwsblad Geldermalsen. Through private experience he already had decent knowledge of the care industry and this made it a fun conversation in which we really got to explain our vision in great detail. Along with a picture of us at the first tree for our estate the article was placed in the paper. Afterwards we recieved compliments from various friends as well as strangers about our vision on the care industry and several people even sent in applications to either live or work at the estate once it is finished.
10th of August 2011 – Discussion with area manager Syndion in Bon Vie in Culemborg.
After our first discussion in 2010 we proceded the discussion with the area manager of Syndion concerning the possibilities the estate will offer people with a limitation for social functions. We recieved a tour through Bon Vie in Culemborg where several of the support tasks are being handled by participants of Syndion under supervision. Together with STMR we will look into the possibilities for co-operation.
13th of September 2011 – Linge's Zorglandgoed becomes candidate for Revolving Fund.
The new representatives of the province of Gelderland have put together the plans for starting a Revolving Fund. This fund will support projects by providing low interest loans. Linge's Zorglandgoed has been selected as one of the possible candidates about which we have had a very informative conversation with the manager of Thuisgeven Gelderland. In 2012 we will continue these conversations.
22nd of September 2011 – Networkmeeting Small-scale Living.
Today we are participating in another network meeting about Small-scale Living in which we along with other entrepreneurs recieve and exchange information. This time the topic is "Possibilities for co-operation with public housing and financing possibilities with banks". The well organised event and the various contacts with other entrepreneurs made this a very productive afternoon.
3rd of October 2011 – 8th Prinsjesdag Zuid-Holland zuid in Dordrecht.
We participate every year in the Prinsjesdag of Zuid-Holland zuid which is organised by Zorgbelang. The afternoon was filled with interesting topics about the near future of healthcare and the possibilities and limitations of new technologies. One of the questions was if we would be able to solve the shortage of healthcare professionals through the use of robots in the future. The conclusion most people came to was that this would be possible for home maintenance, but that person to person contact is and will remain indispensible for every healthcare patient.
5th of October 2011 – Discussion with the regional manager of STMR.
Today we visited a nursing home in Rossum where we entered in a discussion with the regional manager of STMR. We discussed the possibilities for several co-operational ideas. We agree to further discuss these ideas with Syndion in 2012.
10th of October – Discussion with representatives of the 11 objectors from Rumpt.
After the informational meeting in may, 11 objectors stepped up who place questionmarks with the plans for a care estate in their town. We had a discussion with the 3 representatives in which the chairman of our supervisory board is also present. The discussion, which proceeds amicably, brings forth questions and concerns which we adress. Unfortunately we were unable to come any closer together, because our views on policy frameworks and the attainablity of the project differ too greatly. This was a very remarkable situation, since we have encountered no negative remarks or hints at impossibilities, from any of the people or branches of government we approached in the 2.5 years we have been working on this project.
17th of October 2011 – 2nd deliberation with population of Rumpt.
This evening we have a second deliberation, in which 4 out of the 7 participants were unfortunately unable to attend due to their vacation plans. In the previous deliberation topics came up that have been adressed today such as: the petting zoo, commitment of other target employees, continuity care estate, estate goals and we gave a reaction on our discussion with the 3 representatives of the 11 objectors from Rumpt. The next deliberation is planned after the mayor and aldermen announce the next step of the progress in the process of city planning.
24th of October 2011 – Designation estate under Natuurschoonweg 1928.
In the first week of November the designation of estate, by the ministry of Economics, Agriculture and Innovation and the state secretary of finances for the first 5.5 hectares, we purchased in May of 2011 in Rumpt becomes official. The procedure for this was started when we purchased the land and has been reviewed by 2 civil servants who were pleasantly surprised by our plans and complimented us for our initiative. Unofficially they already stated that the designation as estate would be no problem and that we would recieve written confirmation in approximately 3 months.
25th of October 2011 – Disposition AWBZ.
Again wonderful news! In the first days of november we will recieve our admission to the AWBZ from the ministry of VWS for the Small-scale living for 30 psychogeriatric patients. This enables us to give form to our focus point of placing no financial thresholds for our patients. Thanks to the signature of the Zorgkantoor of Nijmegen with our application for admission he disposition has been processed in under 6 weeks.
15th of November 2011 – Careconference domotica in Weesp.
Syntens organises a yearly inspirationday which is being held today in a care center in Weesp. We were pleasantly surprised by an inspiring speaker, Coen van Veenendaal, who captures us for 90 minutes with his initiative for Alp ‘d Huez and Inspire2live. Coen mentions 6 factors of success, which made us think "which one would we be missing?". Surprisingly it turned out we had all 6. We use all the same factors of success he mentions to realise our goal, a feast of recognition! Our thanks to Coen who pointed this out for us. And stubborn as we are, we added a 7th factor of our own.
28th of November 2011 – Supervisory board meeting.
On November 28th we have the third meeting of 2011 with our supervisory board. The most important topics of this evening are the state of affairs concerning the city planning, the designation of estate and the admission to the AWBZ, adjusting the by laws of the foundation and the order for aditional financial research.
30th of November 2011 – Conference Lean in Construction.
Through our contacts with contracters we have been invited to participate in a conference about Lean in Construction. A way of work originating in the car industry (Toyota) which aims to design every process as efficiently as possible, which saves time and expense and promotes teamwork and enjoying your work. A very interesting change in construction which definitely speaks to us.
8th of December 2011 – Event Thuisgeven Gelderland.
As a conclusion of the Thuisgeven Gelderland project a big event was organised, in which the project is put in the spotlight through various workshops. The provincial government has asked us to participate in creating one of these workshops which focuses on "Counties, residential corporations, care providers: Embrace the entrepreneurial initiative". With great enthusiasm we accepted this invitation and presented our estate, after which we recieved much praise from the audience for our project plans. Even weeks and months later people return to us with questions for more information.
14th of December 2011 – Deliberation with 2 members of VBL.
After our deliberation with the foundation of preservation of the Linge Landscape (VBL) we have a second deliberation with 2 members of the VBL. Unfortunately a third member had to cancel due to sickness. Before hand the chairman of the foundation had let us know he wished to be personally involved in projects in order to give advice. The foundation rarely takes a pro or con position for any project. The deliberation with the 2 gentlemen proceeds quite amicably and we benefit from their great expertise. The suggestions we recieved connect very well with our vision of how the estate is supposed to merge into the landscape and we pass these along to our landscape architects.
21st of December 2011 – Conclusion Networkmeeting Small-scale Living.
On December 21st there is a conclusion by the province Utrecht and Gelderland of the Small-scale living and longer at home if possible projects. Because the co-operation between all participants was very well recieved the Network Small-scale Living (NetKW) was offically launched. NetKW offers a national knowledge platform by and for (beginning) entrepreneurs in the Small-scale living healthcare. The goal is to stimulate more and higher quality small-scale living healthcare communities through mutual co-operation.