6 July 2026: what happened that day
A factual account of 6 July 2026 — the day an 82-year-old woman was taken from her own home against her will. Recorded from Trudy's own account.
This is a factual account of what happened in Trudy’s own home on 6 July 2026, recorded from her own account. These are facts, not opinions. The reader can form their own judgement.
The appointment
On 6 July 2026, at 9:15 in the morning, an appointment was scheduled at Trudy’s home — in the house in Gouda where she has lived for more than thirty years, and which she owns. The meeting was to be about the continuation of her home care. Two care professionals were present: a team leader from the home-care service and a physician.
As far as Trudy understood, it was a conversation about how her home care would be arranged going forward. Not whether she could stay at home.
What Trudy asked for
That morning, Trudy stated clearly and repeatedly that she wished to remain living in her own home. She did not ask for less care — she asked for more: because of her COPD, she wanted additional scheduled help at home, so that she could stay there safely. That is what she asked for.
The decision
What happened next is this. According to Trudy, she was told that home care was no longer considered viable, and that she would be placed against her will in a closed care facility — far from her home town, her GP, and her familiar surroundings.
This decision had not been discussed in advance with Trudy herself. Not with her son, who has been in daily contact with her for more than ten years and is closely involved in her care. Not with the private help she had arranged herself. Trudy expressly refused this outcome on the spot. That same day, she was taken anyway.
An 82-year-old woman, in her own home, who asked for more care — was removed from that home within a single morning. These are the facts.
What was recorded
The events of that morning were captured on video and audio, recorded by a camera that was present in Trudy’s home with her consent. These recordings are kept confidentially and are available to the lawyer and, if needed, to the court. They are not being made public.
Now
Trudy is currently held, against her will, in a closed facility. Her wish is unchanged and simple: to return to her own home, with the home care she herself asked for — care her family is willing to arrange at its own expense.
The family has put the course of events to a lawyer, and has requested the underlying documents in order to have it examined: on what grounds, and on whose authority, all of this took place. While that review is ongoing, no names are named and no conclusions are drawn. But the questions remain — and they are pressing.
This page will be updated as more becomes known.