[Comprehensive care for the elderly in The Netherlands: current status and potential improvements]

Family care is important for older people who are in need of some kind of care and who live in their own home. Sometimes support from services for family caretakers is essential for them to continue caring. The existing possibilities to get this support are not sufficiently available in the Netherlands: if someone is in need of support at the emotional, practical or material level, services are scarce. In order to change this situation, some recommendations are made. A change in attitude towards family caregiving is the most important one.