Dementia village

A dementia village is a form of care for people with dementia . The residents live in house communities in a settlement that is closed off from the outside . It is specially tailored to the needs of people with dementia. The fencing should give the residents freedom in a protected space. There are typically facilities on the premises such as a grocery store, barber shop, gym, cafe or restaurant. As part of professional care , residents receive activating care . In the village, people with dementia should be able to live as independently as possible. People with dementia often have the urge to move and should be able to live it out without running away.

Often hundreds or more people live in a dementia village. A community of dementia, on the other hand, is an assisted living community for usually four to ten people with dementia.

Existing dementia villages (incomplete list)

Existing dementia villages are listed below as well as those that are already at an advanced planning stage.

North Sea Weesp

Dementia village in the Netherlands

Netherlands : The dementia village De Hogeweyk in Weesp near Amsterdam became a model for other dementia villages. Lifelike arranged supermarkets, cafés, shops, a theater and a dummy bus stop are supposed to convey the illusion of everyday normality. Around 153 people in need of care are accommodated there. There are 240 employees in 170 full-time positions and around 180 volunteers.

North Sea Krampnitz Hamelin Hergensweiler Mansbach (Hohenroda) Hilden Mausbach (Stolberg)

Dementia villages in Germany (existing or in planning)

Germany : The first dementia village in Germany was opened in Tönebön am See , on the outskirts of Hameln , in 2014 . It is designed for 52 people in need of care. The second dementia village in Germany, the AWO Seniors Center Süssendell in Stolberg , Mausbach district , opened in 2016 and is designed for 80 people.

Another dementia village is planned in the Hohenroda community , Mansbach district . Another dementia village is being built in the Dorotheenviertel to the west of Hilden . In southern Germany, a facility in Hergensweiler Heimelig for 128 dementia patients is planned on the outskirts of Hergensweiler , northeast of Lindau . In this project, which is carried out by Diakonie Lindau and received the (non-endowed) Caritas Pirckheimer Prize from the Academy Caritas-Pirckheimer-Haus Nürnberg in 2018, a. Questions about financing and building regulations still open. The German Red Cross is planning a dementia village in Krampnitz .

Baltic Sea Svendborg

Dementia village in Denmark

Denmark : Svendborg on the Danish island of Funen is designed for 125 residents. In Denmark it is a legal requirement that residents can leave the premises. Residents who have moved away from the site may be located via GPS .

Dax

Dementia village in France (planned)

France : A first dementia village in France, Village Landais Alzheimer , is planned in the city of Dax . 120 residents, 120 employees and 120 volunteers are planned.

Monza Rome

Dementia villages in Italy

Italy : The first dementia village in Italy was opened in Monza in 2018 by the La Meridiana cooperative , which is designed for 64 residents. Another was opened in Rome in 2018 in the Bufalotta district, for up to 100 residents.

Dissemination and acceptance

Dementia villages are a new form of care. Critics object that the concept contradicts the idea of ​​social participation and inclusion . The sociologist Reimer Gronemeyer criticizes that old, sick people are outsourced and segregated. An illusory world is set up, like the Truman Show .

The background is that society is getting older and the number of people suffering from dementia is increasing.

Comparable concepts

At the Lantern of Chagrin Valley dementia residential home in Chagrin Falls , Ohio, the interior of the residence is designed to evoke 1930s and 1940s architecture. In one corridor there is an artificial cloudy sky as the ceiling, simulated shops, street lamps and a veranda with a rocking chair in front of each room door to simulate a street from this time and encourage the residents to socialize. Each facade is designed differently to make it easier to recognize your own "house".

further reading

• Angela Kazinaki: Dementia Villages - Quality of life for people with dementia in an innovative way of living . Thinking and acting socially / Holzmindener writings on social work, May 1, 2016, ISBN 978-3863877026 .

Individual evidence

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13. ↑ “Hergensweiler Heimelig” pilot project awarded the Caritas Pirckheimer Prize. In: hergensweiler-heimelig.de. Retrieved February 1, 2019 . 
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