Leading Thinking
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Examining Hogeweyk
The Hogeweyk complex was opened in the Netherlands in 2009 and is a pioneering urban gated village designed specifically as a care facility for elderly people with dementia.
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Household Care Model
The household care model promotes a more familiar domestic environment for care than a standard care home, making it easy for residents to settle in to their new surroundings.
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Hybrid Model
In this article, we look at how the footprint of a ‘traditional’ format care home can be occupied by a hybrid model with eight self-contained household apartments, each with eight rooms.