Yvonne van Amerongen: The "dementia village" that's redefining elder care
Yvonne van Amerongen: Wioska, która przeobraziła opiekę nad seniorami z otępieniem
Yvonne van Amerongen is an occupational therapist and a social worker. Full bio
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very near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands.
niedaleko Amsterdamu w Holandii.
for six, seven people each.
każdy dla sześciu, siedmiu osób.
a pub, a supermarket, a club room.
pubem, supermarketem, salą klubową.
there's a theater.
that live with an advanced dementia
a major problem in the world,
dla ludzi i polityków na całym świecie.
to be a big problem.
in the nursing homes.
listy oczekujących na miejsce.
with dementia are women.
chorujące na otępienie.
are used to taking care of people,
do opiekowania się innymi,
of their husband with dementia,
mężem cierpiącym na otępienie.
już tak dobrze to nie działa.
is not so easy for the gentlemen.
that affects the brain.
what the time is,
a to sprawia, że czują lęk,
depressed, aggressive.
że chcielibyśmy czegoś innego
was not what we wanted for our parents,
przyjaciół, nas samych.
że słowa nic nie zmienią.
nothing is going to change.
tu swoich rodziców.
to have our parents here."
and what we saw every day
that lived in our nursing home
was a hospital-like environment,
and paramedics in uniform,
sanitariusze w kitlach.
why they lived there.
the door to go home again.
in this situation
czuli się jeszcze bardziej zagubieni.
that already have a confused brain
to deal with that dementia.
żeby poradzić sobie z otępieniem.
in a normal house,
on the stove in the kitchen.
gotowanego w kuchni,
and grab something to eat or drink.
żeby wziąć coś do jedzenia lub picia.
organize for them.
organize this like at home,
dom opieki w dom,
15-, 20- czy 30-osobowe grupy,
of 15 or 20 or 30, like in a ward.
six or seven, family-like.
lub siedem osób, jak w rodzinie.
a good chance to become friends,
all the families of the residents
"what's important for your mother,"
"what do they want."
różniących się stylem życia.
and we call them lifestyle groups.
we found this formal lifestyle.
w bardziej oficjalny sposób,
of interacting with each other,
starts later in the day,
in this lifestyle group
raczej dania kuchni francuskiej
than traditional Dutch.
in the morning, go to bed early,
najczęściej fizycznie,
their whole life, mostly with their hands,
rodzinną, małe gospodarstwo lub sklep
family business, a small farm, a shop,
zatrudnione w gospodarstwie.
to his work every morning
że codziennie rano szedł do pracy.
he could afford for himself.
na jaki mógł sobie pozwolić.
he would have that one cigar.
after lunch, to smoke his cigar.
in the Hogeweyk six weeks now.
meeting other people, other cultures,
poznawaniem ludzi, innych kultur,
and that's what we did.
with a group of people,
w domu z grupą osób, które podobnie myślą,
your own household.
and a meaningful life.
przyjemności i sensu.
and do some shopping,
have a beer with friends.
to go out every day,
codziennie wychodzić z domu
i jest nim obdarowywany.
rather go to the restaurant,
and celebrate life.
i cieszyć się życiem.
she takes a walk in the park,
koło niej przechodzień,
and sit next to her
of society, that you belong.
społeczeństwa, że należymy do grupy.
with advanced dementia.
coming from one side,
kobietę idącą z jednej strony
and they met at the corner.
to have a conversation with them,
and I saw them talking,
jak rozmawiają, jak gestykulują.
i każda poszła w swoją stronę.
and each went their own way.
meeting other people
i być częścią społeczeństwa.
otępieniem mogą mieszkać,
dementia can live,
and the volunteers working there
i wolontariusze
osobami z otępieniem.
how to do their professional work
jak wykonywać swoją pracę,
in the life of our residents.
wpisywała się w życie mieszkańców.
has to provide everything
zapewnić im wszystko, czego potrzebują,
that dares to do this.
którzy mają odwagę to zrobić,
than we always have done
można stworzyć wszędzie,
has in our country.
na funduszach państwowych.
with thinking different,
does this person need now.
it's about thinking different,
and that costs nothing.
it's about making choices.
what you spend your money on.
as expensive as gray ones."
kosztują tyle samo co szare.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Yvonne van Amerongen - Dementia-care visionaryYvonne van Amerongen is an occupational therapist and a social worker.
Why you should listen
Before 1983, when Yvonne van Amerongen started working for the nursing home Hogewey, she worked in a hospital for psychiatric diseases and in a rehabilitation center. In 1992 she was the care manager of the traditional nursing home Hogewey when the management team started thinking about the vision of care for people living with severe dementia. In 1993, this vision was the basis for the development of what now is the neighborhood The Hogeweyk, with 27 houses for more than 170 seniors with severe dementia. Van Amerongen was the project leader and one of the founders of the vision for excellent care, living and well-being for people with severe dementia and of neighborhood The Hogeweyk.
Van Amerongen now works as a consultant for Be, supporting and advising healthcare organizations, governments, architects and project starters around the world to improve the quality of life of people living with dementia. Be is part of the Vivium Care group (non-profit), also the owner of The Hogeweyk.
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