[1] The phrase “dementia village” didn’t sit well with Jannette Spiering, senior managing adviser and co-founder of The Hogeweyk in the Netherlands. But after a global media outlet pasted ...

According to the official website of Dementia Village Associates, De Hogeweyk in the Netherlands offers a different approach ...

Residents of Hogeweyk, a village located in Weesp, Netherlands, lead a normal life ... Everyone has an advanced form of dementia. Hogeweyk is a nursing home disguised to look like the outside ...

Nonprofit Dementia Innovations said in a news release this week it could break ground on the Livasu Village, a 124-home dementia care community in the town of Wilson, after “thresholds crossed” in the ...

in the Netherlands, they see what appears to be a typical local village with residents roaming laneways and houses, parks, supermarket, theatre and restaurants. In fact this village is actually a ...

Dementia Innovations President Mary Pitsch ... modeled after a world renowned village in the Netherlands. The 79 acre plot will contain on site care workers, more than 100 homes and have amenities ...

modeled with similar care concepts of independence and living “as usual” to the Netherlands’ Hogeweyk Dementia Village. It also aims to deinstitutionalize dementia care. Need a break?