Temse (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Residential care centre De Reiger in Temse is reopening after staff shortages. The new building has 128 rooms (was 154). Run by Sleutelzorg, hiring nurses for 2026. Saffier wing reopening later.
Residential care centre De Reiger in Temse, a municipality in the province of East Flanders, Belgium, is again open for residents after closure due to workload. The care centre is happy to have more healthcare workers and nurses joining their team. This is important because they are almost finished building a new wing with 60 more rooms.
The new staff will be needed to help take care of everyone in the new wing. The care centre is also changing the number of rooms it has. The new building will have 128 rooms, which is fewer than the old building. They are doing this because they know that people in care centres sometimes pass away. This way, the care centre will be able to take care of everyone who needs it, and they will have enough staff to help them.
What changes are happening at De Reiger care centre in Temse?
The care centre in Temse is making changes to its building. They decided to make the new building smaller, with 128 rooms instead of 154. Officials mentioned that this is because they know that some people who live in care centres pass away.
They want to make sure they have enough space for everyone who needs it, and they don’t want to have too many empty rooms. They are moving people to the new building in stages. They mentioned that the first group moved in last fall, and everyone should be in the new building by 2025. After that, the old building will be torn down.
The care centre is not sure what they will do with the land after the old building is torn down. They will decide based on what the community needs. The group that runs the care centre, Sleutelzorg, is looking for more people to work there.
They need more nurses and care assistants. If people want to work there starting in 2026, they can sign up now. They are doing this because they are getting ready for the new building and want to have enough staff to take care of everyone.
The Saffier department had to close for a while in June 2024. The Board of Directors decided to stop accepting new residents. They did this because the facility was having problems with staffing. They didn’t have enough workers to care for everyone.
Officials mentioned that to help, the people who lived in Saffier were moved to other departments in the care centre. This allowed the staff from Saffier to work in other areas where they were needed.
