Collaboration between formal and informal care

This module was developed to provide insight into the needs of family members of people with intellectual disabilities in their collaboration with healthcare professionals. What are the key needs of family members to ensure optimal collaboration with healthcare professionals? And what can healthcare professionals do to support family members?

The network of people with intellectual disabilities plays a vital role in their lives, but also in the care and support they receive. In this video, informal network members (a mother, sister, and volunteer) describe the role they can and want to play in caring for their loved ones with intellectual disabilities. Researchers from the AWVB (Netherlands Institute for Mental Health and Addiction Care) and a healthcare worker explain why it\'s important to build connections in the care of people with intellectual disabilities and how to do so.

The network of people with intellectual disabilities plays an indispensable role in their lives, but also in the care and support they receive. The AWVB has created a practical and accessible guide for parents, siblings, peer support workers, neighbors, volunteers, and healthcare professionals to help them shape care together.