Jeroen Kemperman
Jeroen is a Senior Manager Strategy & Business Development of Zilveren Kruis, the main private Health Insurance company in the Netherlands. During our visit Jeroen will explain how the Netherlands is able to pay for the largest part of the health care cost by private insurance. Every person in the Netherlands has compulsory private insurance which is normally directly paid from your wages.
During previous visits, Jeroen’s presentation was extremely well received and assisted in a better understanding in how the different models of care were able to exist.
WZH (WoonZorgcentraHaaglanden) location Transvaal, The Hague
We will be visiting a small-scale multicultural (Somatic and Dementia) Nursing Home in one of the poorer suburbs of The Hague, Transvaal. Its inhabitants consist of 90% immigrants of Turkish, Moroccan, Surinamese, and Antillean descent. The nursing home consists of a number of units where six residents live around a shared living room. The specialist care team includes the community around them to collaborate, as they come in to help prepare their specific special cultural meals in the kitchen together with the residents. Mari Groenendaal, our host (lecturer in urban aging), has put a program together with a number of presenters discussing research and outcomes of their unique model of care.
Visiting 'Buitengewoon'
The first reaction of those who visited 'Buitengewoon' during previous healthcare study tours was, “Can I stay here?” That is because Arjo and Marinel Buijs have created such a warm and caring environment for those living with dementia at their green care farm 'Buitengewoon'. In addition to day care, they provide 24/7 care for about 14 residents. They have a large garden, vegetable patch, large greenhouse, a number of different animals, and a dog as their physiotherapist to keep everyone mobile. The story of Arjo and Marinel is compelling and inspirational and, at the same time, convinces you that nothing is impossible for people living with dementia.
Frans Hoogeveen
Frans Hoogeveen is a healthcare psychologist and dementia care specialist. Since 1990, he has been working for people with dementia and their loved ones. He is the author of many books and articles in the field of ageing and dementia. In research and clinical practice, he is involved in the following topics:
Changing relationships in people with chronic illnesses
Intimacy and sexuality in dementia
Memory and learning ability in dementia: what is still possible?
Scent applications in dementia
Signal behaviour in dementia, ‘unmet needs’
Pain in dementia
Previous participants of the Healthcare Study Tour and speaker in New Zealand in 2019, highly rated the presentations of Frans.
Anne-Mei The, Social Approach Dementia
Anne-Mei The is the author of the Social Approach Dementia. Anne-Mei is a social antropologist and is a professor at The Free Amsterdam University in Long-term Care and Social Approach Dementia. She has instigated several social living experiments integrated with people living with dementia.
The Inn Keeper
The Inn Keeper is a small-scale facility for people living with dementia in the middle of The Hague. It is located in a renovated old school building and still has the 1930/40s look inside. All residents (16) rent their own "classroom" as their apartment. They have a living room where they meet for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and have shared activities. The place is run by Jari and Claudia van der Toorn, and it is an inspiration to hear their story.
Vilans
Vilans is the national organisation specialising in knowledge management for healthcare and support in the Netherlands. We want everyone to be able to live the life they want. This includes people who are dependent on care and support. We do this by sharing knowledge. Through the development, exchange, and application of knowledge, Vilans contributes to solving problems in healthcare and support.
TuinGezel Zoetermeer
The Tuingezel, ‘garden companion’ is a day care center for people in the early stages of dementia, connected to a community farm in the middle of Zoetermeer, initiated and owned by Peter Hop. The focus is on visitors who are involved in meaningful activities such as making art, providing hospitality to people visiting the community farm, or taking care of the animals. They have a small shop where materials are sold to the wider public. It is a beautiful example of how people with dementia can still contribute to the society around them.
Comments