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Source: The Daily Herald
28 Mar 2015 06:22 AM

Social services taking Vrolijk case in hand

MARIGOT-- Vice-President Ramona Connor confirmed the Collectivité's social services has refocused attention on the case of the elderly man Placido Vrolijk to evaluate the situation of the family, following the alarm raised by concerned citizens and neighbours earlier this week.

Social workers of the Collectivité and also from the Dutch side have visited the house on Rue de Pic Paradis.

Vrolijk (83) was born in Aruba, has Dutch nationality and is currently in poor health, but receives a pension from the Dutch side Read more


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Source: The Daily Herald
26 Mar 2015 06:22 AM

Neighbours alarmed over health of elderly man, state of his house

MARIGOT--Neighbours and concerned citizens have raised the alarm over what they believe is a failure of social services to address adequately the situation of a family living in deplorable conditions at 43 Rue de Pic Paradis.

The primary concern is over the health of the senior member of the household, Placido Vrolijk (83), born in Aruba on September 25, 1932. He is currently bedridden and in poor health, and the family is trying to have him moved into a senior citizens home on either the French or Dutch side of the island.

"I've seen how his health is deteriorating on a daily basis," worries neighbour Alan Conner Read more


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