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How would you prefer to spend the last years of your life: in a sterile, hospital-like institution or in a village with a supermarket, pub, theater and park within easy... Lees meer

It’s been 10 years since a Dutch senior housing nonprofit opened a groundbreaking nursing home for people with dementia that was designed to look and feel like a small village. ... Lees meer

ANJA, who is in her 80s, says she has lived here for one hour. In fact, it has been almost a year. Like all of her neighbours, she has severe... Lees meer

Residents of Hogeweyk, a village located in Weesp, Netherlands, lead a normal life. They go to the grocery store, complain about the weather, and enjoy a weekly game of bingo.... Lees meer

Un village néerlandais, conçu pour accueillir des patients atteints de démence, serait un modèle à suivre, selon des experts en maladies cognitives de l’Alberta. Une conférence organisée par l’Association albertaine... Lees meer

Comparisons to The Truman Show do not go down well in the Netherlands’s most innovative nursing home. “I understand why people say that,” Eloy van Hal says. “But they forget... Lees meer

The director of older people’s services in the Derry area says he’s committed to improving support for the 2,800 people in the Western Trust living with dementia. Alan Corry Finn,... Lees meer

As part of a series of case studies on best practices in elder care, Sofia Widén, program manager of ACCESS Health Sweden, visited De Hogeweyk, the dementia village in Weesp,... Lees meer