Trudy now: closed admission, missing care, and the steps taken

This is a factual account of Trudy’s situation on 7 July 2026, recorded by her family. These are facts, not opinions. Where an earlier concern was later resolved, we say so honestly.

Where Trudy is now

Since 6 July 2026, Trudy has been held against her will in a closed facility in Amsterdam, far from her own home in Gouda, her GP, and her familiar surroundings. She has made clear that she wants to return home.

Concerns about her care

On 7 July 2026, the family had serious concerns on several points regarding her care:

• Trudy suffers from severe COPD. Her required respiratory medication (Ventolin) was not provided to her on arrival, despite shortness of breath.
• Her room lacked an alarm facility (call button or alarm cord), so she could not summon staff during acute breathlessness.
• There was no cooling in the room, which poses an added risk for a COPD patient in warm weather.
• On the evening of 6 July, the facility could not be reached by phone.
• Her son and representative was denied access to her.

What has since been confirmed: the facility has informed the family that Trudy now receives her medication and that she is eating and drinking. The family continues to monitor the quality and safety of her care closely.

We include this update because this is a factual account: where an earlier concern turns out to have been resolved, we say so. That the acute medication concern has since been addressed does not change the fact that Trudy is being held against her will, far from home, in a closed facility.

What steps have been taken

The family is acting through the proper channels:

• A formal request has been submitted to the Municipality of Gouda for a copy of the underlying order and the medical declaration (case number 1708333).
• Specialist legal assistance in the field of the Care and Compulsion Act (Wzd) has been engaged with urgency.
• It is the express wish of Trudy and her family that she return to her own home, with the home care she asked for — which the family is willing to arrange at its own expense.

Outside the closest circle

The decision to forcibly admit Trudy was set in motion and carried out without the knowledge or consent of her son and his family, who strenuously object to it. The dedicated caregiver her son had arranged, along with people from her immediate surroundings and neighbourhood, are also shocked and support her wish to keep living at home.

The family has serious questions about how this measure came about, and has requested the underlying documents in order to have it examined. Until those documents have been received and reviewed, the family makes no further statements about it and names no names.

No access, no contact

Trudy’s son wants her to return home immediately. At present, however, he is being denied access to the facility to visit her, without any written basis for this being provided.

Briefly: what is a compulsory admission under the Wzd?

An emergency admission under the Care and Compulsion Act applies for a maximum of three days. Continuation requires a court decision, and the legal representative has the right to be heard. The family is working to be present at that hearing.

This post will be updated as more becomes known.