{"id":458,"date":"2014-11-18T15:10:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T05:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malcontent.malcolmcampbell.org\/?p=458"},"modified":"2014-11-18T15:25:29","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T05:55:29","slug":"the-dutch-village-where-everyone-has-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malcontent.malcolmcampbell.org\/?p=458","title":{"rendered":"The Dutch Village Where Everyone Has Dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"

From this Slashdot article<\/a>, comes a story about a Dutch Village full of dementia patients, all living in their own unique time periods. It sounds like a great idea, but I wouldn’t want to wander into the village not knowing it was full of dementia sufferers; that would be like walking into a Dr Who episode.
\nJosh Planos writes at The Atlantic <\/a>that the isolated village of Hogewey on the outskirts of Amsterdam has been dubbed “Dementia Village” because it is home to residents who are only admitted if they’re categorized as having severe cases of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. “There are no wards, long hallways, or corridors at the facility,” writes Planos. “Residents live in groups of six or seven to a house, with one or two caretakers<\/a>. Perhaps the most unique element of the facility\u2014apart from the stealthy “gardener” caretakers\u2014is its approach toward housing. Hogeway features 23 uniquely stylized homes, furnished around the time period when residents’ short-term memories stopped properly functioning. There are homes resembling the 1950s, 1970s, and 2000s, accurate down to the tablecloths, because it helps residents feel as if they’re home.”<\/p>\n

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From this Slashdot article, comes a story about a Dutch Village full of dementia patients, all living in their own unique time periods. It sounds like a great idea, but I wouldn’t want to wander into the village not knowing … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malcontent.malcolmcampbell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malcontent.malcolmcampbell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malcontent.malcolmcampbell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malcontent.malcolmcampbell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malcontent.malcolmcampbell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malcontent.malcolmcampbell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460,"href":"https:\/\/malcontent.malcolmcampbell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions\/460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malcontent.malcolmcampbell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malcontent.malcolmcampbell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malcontent.malcolmcampbell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}