The Wet langdurige zorg (Wlz), or Long-Term Care Act, is the Dutch statutory scheme that covers intensive, round-the-clock care for people with severe physical or intellectual disabilities, chronic psychiatric conditions, or advanced dementia. It funds nursing home places, sheltered housing, and equivalent home-based packages when permanent supervision is required.
Access is gated by an indication from the Centrum Indicatiestelling Zorg (CIZ), which assesses whether a claimant needs permanent care. The Wlz sits alongside the Zvw health insurance scheme and the Wmo social support act, each covering a different layer of the care system.
Financing comes from a national insurance premium of 9.65% levied on income in the first tax bracket, deducted by employers as part of wage tax. Recipients of Wlz care also pay an income-dependent personal contribution (eigen bijdrage) collected by the CAK, which partially offsets the cost of residential places.