Centrum voor Levensvragen Oost-Veluwe

What Centrum voor Levensvragen Oost-Veluwe does

Centrum voor Levensvragen Oost-Veluwe is a Dutch regional non-profit established in 2019 and based in the Apeldoorn area (Oost-Veluwe region). It functions as a node within the Dutch Netwerken Palliatieve Zorg (Palliative Care Networks) framework, providing coordination, counseling, and referral support for patients and families facing life-limiting illness and existential questions at the end of life. The center works alongside huisartsen (GPs), wijkverpleging (district nursing), ziekenhuizen (hospitals), hospices, verpleeghuizen (nursing homes), and volunteer organizations under a regional network coordinated nationally by PZNL (Stichting Palliatieve Zorg Nederland).

The organization's service offering is human-delivered and relational rather than technology-based: it focuses on connecting patients, families, and professional caregivers to the right palliative care expertise in the region, organizing training and intervisie, providing 24/7 consult routing, and supporting existential and life-question conversations. There is no indication of a proprietary technology platform, software product, or AI tooling; the "product" is access to the network and to trained counselors/coordination staff.

The business model is that of a non-profit operating in the Dutch subsidized healthcare ecosystem. Funding is implied to flow from the standard Dutch palliative care financing channels — including healthcare insurance (Zorgverzekeringswet), long-term care (Wet langdurige zorg), municipal/social support (Wmo), and grants routed through PZNL — rather than from commercial fees. No pricing model, revenue figures, or audited financials are disclosed in the input. The entity has 11–50 employees and is positioned as a small, regionally focused coordination body rather than a scaled clinical operator.

Name

Centrum voor Levensvragen Oost-Veluwe

Website

https://netwerkpalliatievezorg.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Centrum voor Levensvragen Oost-Veluwe is a Dutch regional non-profit, founded in 2019 in Apeldoorn, that provides existential and palliative care coordination and counseling within the Oost-Veluwe network under the national PZNL-coordinated palliative care framework.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Palliative and Existential Counseling Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Home Health Care Services (62161), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community-Based Palliative Care (Home-Based Non-Hospice) (HLADAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Non-Hospice Serious-Illness / Community-Based Palliative Care (In-Home) (HSABAFAF), Palliative Care (Home-Based) Providers (HLAFAEAD)

Keywords

• Palliative care counseling
• End-of-life support
• Existential life questions
• Spiritual care services
• Grief and loss counseling

Headquarters

HQ city

Apeldoorn e.o.

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Core offering

Centrum voor Levensvragen Oost-Veluwe is a Dutch non-profit regional center that provides counseling and support for existential and life questions, particularly in the context of palliative care, illness, aging, and loss. Operating in the Oost-Veluwe region around Apeldoorn, the center functions as part of the regional palliative care network and connects individuals and families with guidance on end-of-life concerns, spiritual and psychosocial support, and bereavement counseling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Existential and life-question counseling

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Regional players

• Zorgaccent: Regional Dutch home care and palliative care provider in the eastern Netherlands; comparable as it operates overlapping home-based palliative services within the same regional catchment where Centrum voor Levensvragen Oost-Veluwe is active.

Broad incumbents

• VNPZ (Vereniging Netwerken Palliatieve Zorg): National association formed in late 2023 that bundles all Dutch regional palliative networks into a single advocacy body. Highly comparable as it is the formalized coalition to which Centrum voor Levensvragen Oost-Veluwe belongs.
• Laurens (Rotterdam): Major Rotterdam-based elder care and palliative care provider operating nursing homes, hospice units, and home-based palliative services; broader incumbent that competes for the same regional funding pools and palliative-trained staff as small community palliative centers.
• IKNL (Integraal Kankercentrum Nederland): Integral Cancer Centre of the Netherlands; provides data, research, and quality improvement services that feed into palliative care networks, with overlapping patient populations (oncology-driven palliative need) and shared national policy alignment.
• Stichting PZNL (Palliatieve Zorg Nederland): National Dutch support organization that coordinates all regional palliative care networks, including the Oost-Veluwe network hosting Centrum voor Levensvragen. Operates one tier above the center as the umbrella for policy, funding allocation, and quality frameworks.

Emerging players

• NPCF / Patiëntenfederatie Nederland: Dutch patient federation representing patient interests in healthcare policy; comparable as an advocacy and support-oriented organization focused on improving quality of care and patient voice, overlapping in mission with the patient-and-family support aspect of Centrum voor Levensvragen.

Direct peers

• Agora: Dutch national knowledge center for palliative care that supports regional networks and stimulates public debate about life-ending questions, existential care, and patient empowerment — directly overlapping with the mission of Centrum voor Levensvragen.
• Centrum voor Levensvragen Amsterdam (and other regional Levensvragen centers): Other regional Centrum voor Levensvragen centers operate the same existential-counseling model in different Dutch regions; they are the most direct peers, sharing branding, methodology, and the Netwerken Palliatieve Zorg affiliation.
• Ave Maria Hospice (and other regional Dutch hospices): Facility-based Dutch hospices are the institutional cousins of community-based palliative centers; they share the same regional referral pipelines, volunteer base, and spiritual/existential support focus as Centrum voor Levensvragen Oost-Veluwe.
• Stichting Vrijwilligers Palliatieve Terminale Zorg (VPTZ): National Dutch foundation coordinating volunteer-based palliative terminal care across regional networks; directly comparable because volunteers are central to Dutch palliative support, and the foundation channels much of the volunteer pipeline used by centers like Centrum voor Levensvragen.

Market position

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Customer concentration

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