NEW CARE FOR ELDERLY "DEMENTIA VILLAGE"

 

 'Dementia village' inspires new care (we all gotta start thinking of our parents & what care is best for them outside of the family-now in the NETHERLANDS, other countries are watching this model closely--I like it).

By Ben Tinker, CNN

 

 Weesp, Netherlands

 

"Dementia Village' - as it has become known -- is a place where residents can live a seemingly normal life, but in reality are being watched all the time. 

Caretakers staff the restaurant, grocery store, hair salon and theater -- although the residents don't always realize they are carers -- and are also watching in the residents' living quarters.

Residents are allowed to roam freely around the courtyard-like grounds with its landscaped trees, fountains and benches -- but they can't leave the premises.

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Their two-story dormitory-style homes form a perimeter wall for the village, meaning there is no way a resident can accidentally wander out.

And if they do approach the one exit door, a staffer will politely suggest the door is locked and propose another route.

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Placing an aging family member here is far less expensive than round-the-clock, in-home care. It also takes an enormous amount of stress off family members who don't have ample time or proper training to care for their loved ones..."