Dutch "Society of participation” covers for pensioners' care Friends or relatives of Dutch pensioners can now work four hours a month in provincial retirement homes, in exchange for a room for the elderly. Near the city of Gouda in the central Netherlands, the “society of participation” revolution heralded by Liberal Prime Minister Mark Rutte is slowly taking over from the generous welfare state of the late 20th century. An natural sound version of an AFPTV report.