Preparing the Netherlands for informal care
Society is aging, and the government wants the elderly to live independently at home for as long as possible; we need to care more for ourselves and each other. But how do we prepare the Netherlands for informal care? How do we envision that possible (care) future? How can and do we, as a society, want to live with our elderly and áls elderly? In this project we developed two ways to explore informal care in the future: the traveling interactive installation ‘the Mantelzorg Simulator’ and the app ‘Het Rad van Misfortuin’.
Watch a video about the informal care simulator here
Experience it for yourself!
The Mantel Care Simulator
In the ‘Mantelzorgsimulator’ you can experience in a playful, but also confrontational and personal way what informal care can mean. In a peaceful white house, someone takes care of you. Through headphones you can hear her thoughts. Her loving attention, but also her concerns and the strain she experiences. Thus, in just three minutes you experience what giving and receiving informal care can mean. A confrontational experience that encourages you to reflect. In a personal interview with our designers we discover what you want your future to look like and what steps you can take today to achieve this.
What's in store for you?
The wheel of misfortune
The app ‘the wheel of misfortune’ helps you on your way with a healthy dose of humor and a wink. Through a Whatsapp conversation with experience expert Hennie Tehuisman, you discuss various situations of possible misfortune that await you. You will then receive tips and information on how to deal with them. The Wheel of Misfortune was launched this year by MantelzorgNL. Would you also like to spin the wheel and discover what fate has in store for you? Visit www.radvanmisfortuin.nl.
Together with a consortium of problem owners (municipality of Rotterdam, Delft, care institution Fundis, insurer Onderlinge ‘s Gravenhage, MantelzorgNL) and creative parties (KRO-NCRV, theater production ‘de Kwekerij’ and digital agency TodayTomorrow), we worked together on this complex social issue as a penman and social design agency.
