Vilans is the national Centre of Expertise for long-term care in the Netherlands. Together with clients, relatives, healthcare professionals and other partners, we work to offer the right knowledge on long-term care – in the right place, at a personal level and tailor-made.
In this field, Vilans engages in innovation and research, the development and dissemination of information and implementation of best-practices.
Vilans works primarily for professionals and managers in care. Our clients and partners include organisations in long-term care, primary care, social care, organisations of volunteers in this field, user organisations, healthcare insurers and authorities at local, provincial, national and EU level. Vilans is mainly funded by the Dutch government.
Vilans Chair
Vilans is well-known in the Netherlands for running large scale and nationwide implementation programs, such as the National Dementia Program (in which in 90% of the Dutch regions integrated care networks were set up), the Care for Better Program (around 700 organisations participated in this quality improvement program) and Up to Care! (more than 460 long-term care organisations have been transformed or are currently transforming to become sustainable organisations). Vilans has participated in several EU projects, as scientific director (CARMEN, FP 5) and as a participant in INTERLINKS and PROGRESS. Vilans has large digital dissemination expertise.
Director Strategy and Development
