Kruisvereniging (cross association) Nieuw-Vossemeer is an association where you can borrow aids (tools).
When you think of aids you think of; A wheelchair, crutches, a walker, etc.
The aids can be borrowed free of charge for a period of 6 weeks.
This loan is exclusively intended for residents of Nieuw-Vossemeer.
The lending of the aids of the cross association takes place at a central location in the village.
The timing of the loan of the aids is in consultation and is not tied to opening hours.
Loan address:
De Vossenburcht
Plein 1 februari 1953, 4
4681AS Nieuw-Vossemeer
In the photo above you see the building 'Vossenburcht', between the house on the right and the 'Vossenburcht' on the left you see a flat roof. Below you can see the canopy better. The aids are distributed at the door in the middle, by appointment only.
Aids Cross Association Nieuw-Vossemeer:
Please note: images may differ from the actual lending products.
Wheelchair
Walker
Crutches for walking
Inflatable ring
Toilet chair
Bed risers
Baby scale
Drinking cup with spout
Urinal man woman
Toilet raiser
Bedpan
Shower stool
Walking stick
Reacher grab stick
Bed trapeze
These aids are loaned on request for a period of 6 weeks (or shorter if that proves to be enough).
Contact
Cross associations
Cross associations are private associations with a long tradition dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Cross associations traditionally had a series of goals: providing information in the field of public health, promoting hygiene, preventing and combating contagious diseases, infections and epidemics, caring for and nursing the sick at home, lending nursing supplies and aids and training foster sisters.
The cross associations were organized according to religious or political orientation, as was common in the Netherlands until the 1980s. To use the services one had to be a member. More and more local associations and branches were established throughout the country, with cross-posts and clinics where members could go. The most important tasks were the information, prevention, nursing and care of the sick at home by trained nurses and carers.
In the mid-1970s, healthcare in the Netherlands was financed differently. With the arrival of the General Special Medical Expenses Act (AWBZ), the healthcare landscape in our country changed. Tasks were divided differently from then on and various forms of care emerged. This also applies to West Brabant and Nieuw-Vossemeer.
The Nieuw-Vossemeer Cross Association now limits itself to lending aids.
