Dementia Villages
From Idea to Reality
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Overview

Around Europe, entire neighborhoods are being designed specifically for people living with dementia. These "villages within the village" are a radical improvement over the nursing home dementia wards of the past. In this eJourney you will explore the adoption of the Dementia Village model presented by leading experts from the private, the public and the third sector of 3 different countries.

Join us to explore how they successfully normalize the care of people living with severe dementia.
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In 2009, now world-renowned De Hogeweyk was inaugurated, the world's first Dementia Village. This was the birth of a promissing new approach to the care of older persons suffering of severe dementia.

Alternatively to segregated nursing home wards, De Hogeweyk offers all amenities of a typical Dutch neigborhood or small village to its about 160 residents. As a result, residents rediscover essential dimensions of well-being in life by once again being able to dress themselves, do their grocery shoppings, go to the theater.

With impressive outcomes both for the residents as for the workers and the institution, the dementia village model is booming across Europe and other world regions. But the interest for optimized approaches to the care of Alzheimers and other dementia are just on the rise as the number of people living with these diseases is projected to top 131 million in 2050, according to Alzheimer's Disease International.

In this eJourney, you will explore details of De Hogeweyk project and daily operation, as well as those of other two European Dementia Villages inspired at Dutch model: Il Paese Ritrovato, in Italy and Le Village Landais, in France.

Participants may choose to benefit from additional training material to further understand how the Villages enroll in their nations evolving health and welfare systems, policies and values. The most committed can share questions and insights in an exclusive live discussion with the leading executives featured as instructors.
Objectives
Discover the renowned Dementia Village model and how to apply in the real world environement.
Explore 3 care institutions at the cutting-edge of architecture and management.
Meet and discuss with celebrated leaders and innovators in care managment.
Take a step back from your daily practice and be inspired and energized.
The Instructors
The pioneers of the Dementia Village model
Eloy van Hal
Co-Founder of De Hogeweyk
Eloy van Hal is one of the founders of the world's first Dementia Village De Hogeweyk, as well as senior managing advisor in the Be The Hogeweyk Care Concept Advisory team of the Vivium Care group.

Eloy has over 20 years' experience in managing care and more than 10 years in providing strategic and operational advisory services to clients in the public and private sectors.
Marco Fumagalli
Director of Il Paese Ritrovatto
Marco Fumagalli directs the Italian Dementia Village of Il Paese Ritrovatto. He is the head manager of the La Meridiana Cooperative, that offers support to the older population for more than 40 years.

He provides consultancy in Geriatrics specialized in Pharmacology for Dementia, as well as offers classes in Social Work Methodology.
Francis Lacoste
Initiator of Le Village Landais
Directing the Solidarity Department of the French state of the Landes, Francis Lacoste initiated the first Dementia Village in the country, Le Village Landais.

Francis Lacoste is a renowned public manager working across public and private silos in favor of innovative projects for the aging population.
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The episodes
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The Episodes
Episode 1
De Hogeweyk: The Inaugural Dementia Village
with Dr. Eloy van Hal, founder of De Hogeweyk
Episode 1
De Hogeweyk: The Inaugural Dementia Village

with Dr. Eloy van Hal, founder of De Hogeweyk

Around the world, entire villages are being raised catering specifically to persons living with dementia. These assisted living "cities within a city" are a radical alternative to the traditional dementia wards of nursing homes.

Join Dr. Eloy van Hal, founder of De Hogeweyk, the world's first Dementia Village, for a journey through this 20-year-old care experiment at the Amsterdam Region.

Learn the underlying principles of implementation and operation of this promissing model normalizing the life with severe dementia.
Episode 2
From inspiration to implementation
with Dr. Marco Fumagalli, founder of Il Paese Ritrovato
Episode 2
From inspiration to implementation

with Dr. Marco Fumagalli, founder of Il Paese Ritrovato

In 2018, Il Paese Ritrovato open its doors in Monza, city near to Milan, after only 1 year and 2 months of construction.

Inspired by the successful Dutch Village of Hogeweyk, this italian
complex accounts for 14,000 square meters, a third of which of built space. It is currently the home of 64 older adults, supported by a staff of 55 professionals (physicians, nurses, sociocultural officers, and others).

It is the first italian village fully dedicated to persons suffering of dementias.
Episode 3
Engaging Partnerships for the Village
with Dr. Francis Lacoste, initiator of Le Village Landais
Episode 3
Engaging Partnerships for the Village

with Francis Lacoste, initiator of Le Village Landais

At the city of Dax, Southwest of France, the delegates will discover all the details from the country's first experience of the village model in the care of dementias.

The Village Landais Alzheimer is the fruit of a public project, launched by the Council of the Landais Region under the inspiration of the Hogeweyk experience.

The complex is able to receive 120 residents, 10 of which under the age of 60 years. The staff counts for 120 professional and other 120 volunteers.

The choice of Dax as the host city of the project was motivated by the engagement of the city at creating interactions opportunities between its citzens and the residents of the Village.
Your eJourney Training Medias
HIGH-QUALITY VIDEO PRESENTATIONS
  • Learn why small household villages designed to provide living solutions for those living with dementia have grown to be a world-renowned success.
  • Join us to meet the best instructors in the world: the founders and managers of these models.
  • Take a deep dive into the challenges and opportunities of the model from the perspectives of designers, managers, on the gound staff, users, and members of surrounding communities.
WORKBOOK WITH KEY TAKEAWAYS
  • Gain practical takeways on how to implement the principles of dementia villages for your organization.
  • Further understand how Dementia Villages enroll in their nation's health and welfare systems, practices and value.
EXCLUSIVE LIVE MASTERCLASS
  • Meet your expert instructors! Share questions and insights directly with experts who can advance your professional skills and development.
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