Although retired, Henk Nies holds – apart from his current position as Treasurer of Eurocarers – various additional functions in the Netherlands, internationally and locally, in the municipality where he lives.
At present, he is a Chairman of the so-called Operational Committee of the National Dementia Strategy in the Netherlands, member of the Supervisory Board of a large care provider, and member of the board of an organization that arranges professional singers for people with dementia. He is also active as emeritus professor of Organization and Policy in Long-term Care at the Vrije University in Amsterdam and the Ben Sajet Centre. Further, he is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Global Observatory of Long-Term Care and is locally active in developing local care friendly communities. Previously he was many years on the Executive Board and CEO of Vilans, the National Centre of Expertise for Long-term Care in the Netherlands. He still holds a warm relationship with his previous colleagues and organisation.
Henk studied psychology with a specialization in gerontology at the Catholic University of Nijmegen. After graduating, he was always working between policy, practice and research at the National Hospital Institute and the Netherlands Institute for Care and Welfare, from which Vilans originated.
