'Living nursing home unnecessarily expensive '

amsterdam - Housing in nursing homes is far too expensive. This criticism does not concern bosses and senior citizens who hope to run an economy, but a former landlord for care.

This Roger Loy rented until recently a complex of temporary housing to Amstelring in Amsterdam. For hundreds of little rooms and 67 apartments got Van Loy monthly 261. € 500 basic rent credited. That is more than 1560 euro per unit.

The homes were housed people who can not live independently. For several weeks there live seekers. Loy rents the same building now for less than a quarter of the amount paid Amstelring.,, And that's a good business deal, 'he says.

The care institution recognizes that the housing was expensive, and says that this is due to the fact that the building was required only five years. Amstelring is currently engaged in legal proceedings even to get the money from the government for the expensive emergency building. The Ministry there namely voted it in, it appeared earlier during a lawsuit.

According to Van Loy is the problem of expensive housing baked in the health care system. A fixed standard amount is paid by the government per property. Thus, the money available for housing, spread over all nursing homes in the country. But the amounts here are considered to be high: up to 1400 euros per inhabitant per month. It does not matter if you sit near the Leidseplein in Amsterdam, as Amstelring, or in a corner of Groningen.

Partly because these costs are included in health expenditure, the Dutch long-term care the most expensive in the world. After much nagging PVV MP Agema figured Minister Van Rijn (Health) some years back that blends a sloppy 3 billion a year in housing costs.

When residents pay the rent themselves, they probably cheaper and better from Van Loy thinks. 'Because then you go look at the quality, and the landlord too. 'Van Rijn know this idea, but is concerned that some institutions falling over when they suddenly lose the rent.

However, the coalition parties in the House that it should be looked at this idea. As it offers an opportunity to boost innovation. 'That here we spend the most money in the world to care is not always reflected in the quality,' says Van Dijk PvdA example.

His party attempts in the ongoing negotiations on the next national budget to mitigate the planned cuts in long-term care (500 million euros). The VVD still clings to the discount, and notes that have more ministries have expensive needs.