Care Center Hogewey in Weesp is the first dementia village in the world. This village, operational since 2009, is a little community, where seniors with dementia can move freely among the streets, past the little parks and onto the main boulevard.
Read More →Jurrien Mentink is one of six students who live rent free at the Humanitas retirement home in Deventer near Amsterdam. In return, they agree to spend at least 30 hours a month socialising with the older residents. See the video on this unique retirement home.
Read More →In a yellow-brick nursing home in the Netherlands a unique project brings students and elderly together. The university students have a room, pay no rent and in exchange spend at least 30 hours a month with the elderly.
Read More →Despite the billions of dollars spent on cancer research over many decades, and the constant promise of a cure which would be just around the corner, cancer just seems to continue to increase. Many scientists qualify cancer research as a failure, if not a total fraud. Why is that?
Read More →In order to give patients patients a more active role in health care, neurologist Bas Bloem at the University Medical Center St. Radboud in Nijmegen, makes use of internet an social media. These media allow for easy contacts between medical and nursing staff, patients and researchers, which improves the quality and reduces the costs of health care. An example of the doctor as coach, who actively involves patients in their treatment, is the concept of group appointments, which has been developed by the Center for Heart and Vascular Diseases at the University of Virginia.
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