Yvonne van Amerongen: The "dementia village" that's redefining elder care
Yvonne van Amerongen: 一个重新定义老年关怀的痴呆疗养院
Yvonne van Amerongen is an occupational therapist and a social worker. Full bio
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very near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands.
一个小镇的一个社区。
for six, seven people each.
a pub, a supermarket, a club room.
一个酒吧,一个超市,和一个娱乐室。
there's a theater.
还有一个剧场。
that live with an advanced dementia
a major problem in the world,
to be a big problem.
in the nursing homes.
with dementia are women.
are used to taking care of people,
of their husband with dementia,
她们就可以照顾他们,
is not so easy for the gentlemen.
that affects the brain.
what the time is,
depressed, aggressive.
甚至是自己生病了,
was not what we wanted for our parents,
nothing is going to change.
自己父母来的地方。
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,
why they lived there.
the door to go home again.
in this situation
that already have a confused brain
to deal with that dementia.
in a normal house,
飘出的晚饭的香气,
on the stove in the kitchen.
and grab something to eat or drink.
拿点什么吃的喝的。
organize for them.
organize this like at home,
住在一起,像在病房一样,
of 15 or 20 or 30, like in a ward.
six or seven, family-like.
住在一起,像家一样。
a good chance to become friends,
all the families of the residents
“你的妈妈重视什么?”
"what's important for your mother,"
“他们想要什么?”
"what do they want."
叫做“生活方式小组”。
and we call them lifestyle groups.
we found this formal lifestyle.
of interacting with each other,
starts later in the day,
in this lifestyle group
than traditional Dutch.
生活方式则很不同。
in the morning, go to bed early,
通常是用他们的双手为生,
their whole life, mostly with their hands,
一个小农场,一个小商店。
family business, a small farm, a shop,
to his work every morning
he could afford for himself.
负担得起的唯一的奢侈品。
he would have that one cigar.
after lunch, to smoke his cigar.
这个小棚子里抽雪茄。
in the Hogeweyk six weeks now.
meeting other people, other cultures,
结识不同的人和不同的文化,
and that's what we did.
with a group of people,
——在自己的房子里,
过自己的生活。
your own household.
生活和有意义的生活,
and a meaningful life.
and do some shopping,
have a beer with friends.
to go out every day,
rather go to the restaurant,
或晚餐,庆贺人生。
and celebrate life.
she takes a walk in the park,
and sit next to her
of society, that you belong.
with advanced dementia.
coming from one side,
她们在拐角处碰到了,
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,
and the volunteers working there
how to do their professional work
既完成他们的工作,
in the life of our residents.
has to provide everything
that dares to do this.
than we always have done
has in our country.
with thinking different,
does this person need now.
it's about thinking different,
需要的是换一个方式思考,
而这些都不需要花钱。
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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