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Here in Belgium there's a village that's famous for doing this. Currently there's about 100 people there who are living with another family. https://nl.wikipedi
by enimodas 9mo ago
Here in Belgium there's a village that's famous for doing this. Currently there's about 100 people there who are living with another family. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gezinsverpleging_(Geel) https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gezinsverpleging_(Geel) If you translate you can read about it.
- lobeai 9mo agoThis is pretty cool!
- wek 9mo agoThank you for sharing this.
- araes 9mo agoSince you're from the "local" area (Belgium), do you happen to know why the numbers have declined over the years? From this article [1] it seemed like it was hugely popular pre-WWII (3,750) with that article quoting 500 in the modern era. Less acceptable currently, other alternatives? Still seems famous and popular, just not quite as much as it used to be. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geel#A_model_of_psychiatric_care https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geel#A_model_of_psychiatric_ca...
- ajb 9mo agoAnother possiblity is the reduced number of housewives; who would largely have been the ones supporting this effort