Yvonne van Amerongen: The "dementia village" that's redefining elder care
Івонн ван Амеронґен: Переосмислення догляду за літніми людьми в "селі з деменцією"
Yvonne van Amerongen is an occupational therapist and a social worker. Full bio
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very near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands.
for six, seven people each.
a pub, a supermarket, a club room.
супермаркетом, клубним залом.
there's a theater.
that live with an advanced dementia
у кого розвинене недоумство,
ніякого лікування від неї.
a major problem in the world,
to be a big problem.
величезною проблемою.
in the nursing homes.
with dementia are women.
are used to taking care of people,
до піклування за людьми,
of their husband with dementia,
за своїми чоловіками з недоумством,
is not so easy for the gentlemen.
that affects the brain.
яка вражає мозок.
what the time is,
depressed, aggressive.
was not what we wanted for our parents,
nothing is going to change.
ми нічого не змінимо.
to have our parents here."
і наші батьки."
and what we saw every day
і щодня ми бачили,
that lived in our nursing home
котрі жили в нашому будинку престарілих,
was a hospital-like environment,
було схоже на лікарню
and paramedics in uniform,
й іншим медперсоналом у халатах,
why they lived there.
the door to go home again.
знову додому.
in this situation
that already have a confused brain
to deal with that dementia.
in a normal house,
on the stove in the kitchen.
and grab something to eat or drink.
organize for them.
organize this like at home,
of 15 or 20 or 30, like in a ward.
по 15-20-30 осіб.
six or seven, family-like.
по 6 чи 7 осіб, наче сім'я.
групування людей,
a good chance to become friends,
all the families of the residents
мешканців будинку престарілих:
"what's important for your mother,"
"що є важливим для вашої матері",
"what do they want."
"чого вони хочуть".
and we call them lifestyle groups.
за способом життя.
we found this formal lifestyle.
of interacting with each other,
взаємодіють один з одним,
starts later in the day,
in this lifestyle group
than traditional Dutch.
ніж голландська.
способу життя,
in the morning, go to bed early,
та лягають спати рано,
their whole life, mostly with their hands,
все життя руками.
family business, a small farm, a shop,
власний бізнес, або мініферму, або крамницю,
найманими робітниками на фермі.
to his work every morning
що він щоранку ішов на роботу
he could afford for himself.
доступною йому розкішшю.
he would have that one cigar.
after lunch, to smoke his cigar.
in the Hogeweyk six weeks now.
meeting other people, other cultures,
знайомства з іншими людьми, культурами,
and that's what we did.
те i зробили.
with a group of people,
your own household.
це власний побут, як у сім'ї.
and a meaningful life.
й веселого життя .
and do some shopping,
може, щось купити,
have a beer with friends.
to go out every day,
який любить гуляти щодня
rather go to the restaurant,
and celebrate life.
she takes a walk in the park,
and sit next to her
сядуть поруч із нею
of society, that you belong.
with advanced dementia.
coming from one side,
and they met at the corner.
to have a conversation with them,
and I saw them talking,
and each went their own way.
meeting other people
dementia can live,
з глибоким недоумством,
and the volunteers working there
з хворими на недоумство.
how to do their professional work
свою роботу так,
in the life of our residents.
вписувалася в життя наших мешканців.
has to provide everything
that dares to do this.
яке наважиться на це.
than we always have done
можна запровадити скрізь,
has in our country.
престарілих у нашій країні.
with thinking different,
під іншим кутом зору
does this person need now.
it's about thinking different,
інший кут зору,
and that costs nothing.
it's about making choices.
what you spend your money on.
as expensive as gray ones."
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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