Dementia community

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A dementia flat- sharing community (WG) is understood as a supervised flat-sharing community for usually four to ten people with dementia (e.g. people with Alzheimer's disease ).

Origin and Distribution

The concept of the dementia community goes back to the Friends of Old People Association . V., who founded the first dementia community in Berlin towards the end of the 1990s.

There are dementia living communities in many German cities and districts today. They represent an alternative to retirement homes or nursing homes on the one hand and to family care on the other.

Forms and goals

A distinction must be made between carrier-controlled and self-organized dementia living communities. The former are forms of living that are geared towards living together in a smaller group, but are nevertheless organized by a professional provider. They can be independent residential units or occur as a separate residential community within a larger care facility. The self-organized forms are characterized by the fact that they are organized by relatives and voluntary or professional supervisors who, usually with a statute, join together in order to have their demented relatives / cared for together. They are largely exempt from secret regulations. The following key points are characteristic of the latter:

  • The relatives are free to choose the care and / or nursing service depending on the concept. You have extensive co-determination rights.
  • The landlord and the care service can be independent of each other, so that there is freedom of choice.

However, these features are not type-specific, but are essentially based on the respective conception and the respective country-specific legal framework conditions.

The aim is to improve the quality of life of people with dementia through forms of housing and care that respect the special experiences and behavior of people with dementia and attempt to achieve the greatest possible degree of self-determination on the one hand and the necessary protection on the other.

Evaluation

Studies examine the structures of this form of care, by which people it is used and how this form of living and care affects the quality of life of those affected. In 2017, the consumer center compiled independent information on residential communities with outpatient care for people with dementia. The Federal Ministry for Families, Seniors, Women and Youth also provides a guide to outpatient assisted living arrangements .

See also

literature

  • Claudius Hasenau / Lutz H. Michel (eds.), Outpatient assisted living communities - design, finance, implement , VINCENTZ Network, Hanover, 2nd edition, 2017, ISBN 978-3-86630-431-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Study by Karin Wolf-Ostermann 2011 ( Memento from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Evaluation of the special inpatient care for dementia in Hamburg 2004
  3. ↑ Final report Rothenfusser Wohngemeinschaft München 2003
  4. ↑ Outpatient shared accommodation for people with dementia. Consumer advice center January 27, 2017. Accessed May 27, 2020
  5. ↑ Guide to outpatient assisted living arrangements for people with dementia by the Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth. Retrieved May 27, 2020