{"id":3479,"date":"2022-09-21T11:10:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T13:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/?p=3479"},"modified":"2022-10-05T20:13:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T22:43:26","slug":"living-a-normal-life-with-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/living-a-normal-life-with-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"Living a Normal Life with Dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3479\" class=\"elementor elementor-3479\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-435c48ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"435c48ae\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c235770\" data-id=\"3c235770\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bfc5ac0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bfc5ac0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Older adults naturally possess the one skill so many of us deeply desire: the ability to slow down.<\/li><\/ul><p>Yet we routinely displace our fellow citizens and loved ones from their homes and move them into institutions because we fear their slowness of mind and body poses a risk to their health and well-being.<\/p><p>It&#8217;s an understandable reaction but imagine if we reframed our core beliefs about aging; that it\u2019s not about loss and retreat, but rather it\u2019s about gaining a deeper appreciation for life when we travel through it at a slower speed.<\/p><p>I can tell you from experience, it changes everything.<\/p><p>In Spring 2022 I visited<a href=\"https:\/\/hogeweyk.dementiavillage.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> The Hogeweyk<\/a> community in The Netherlands. It is the world\u2019s first \u2018Dementia Village\u2019, an inclusive, person-centred community that provides high-quality care for people living with advanced dementia.<\/p><p>Hogeweyk, or Dementia Village as it was named by CNN, looks nothing like the institutions we are accustomed to in North America:<\/p><ul><li>Staff wears street clothes, not uniforms.<\/li><li>Residents live in households of 6-7 residents, not long hallways.<\/li><li>They visit the local market for food. They pop into the village salon and barbershop for a cut and style<\/li><li>They gather at the local pub and restaurant to catch up with friends and family.<\/li><li>They go to the theatre &#8211; complete with red velvet curtains &#8211; for films and live shows.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>They walk freely through gardens, down village streets and sit on benches around the water fountain in the village square.<\/li><\/ul><p>They do all of this while living with dementia because the point of <em>The Hogeweyk<\/em> isn\u2019t to focus on the disease but on the person living with it.<\/p><p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"CNN&#039;s World&#039;s Untold Stories: Dementia Village\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LwiOBlyWpko?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p><p class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">CNN&#8217;s World&#8217;s Untold Stories: Dementia Village<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Resident autonomy and self-identity trump institutional efficiency.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Life is normal.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sitting in the village square I watched people going about their business and I marvelled at the ease with which life flowed. At times, I had a difficult time distinguishing residents, staff and visitors, a sign of how much thought went into designing a model of care that reflects the feeling of community and belonging that is central to our sense of well-being, regardless of age.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is why I am so excited to introduce Canadians to the <em>Dementia Village model<\/em> along with its co-founders Jannette Spiering (\u2018The Innovator\u2019) and Eloy van Hal (\u2018The Disruptor\u2019).<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">We\u2019re co-hosting a cross-Canada tour, visiting Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver to provide participants with a step-by-step guide to how <em>The Hogeweyk<\/em> works, the evidence-based Be Advice Paradigm that underpins Jannette and Eloy\u2019s ongoing innovations, and how Canadians can use this to power our own transformation in aging care.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">A transformation that centers the individual over the institution, that creates purpose through creating a sense of place, and recognizes change can happen fast when we value people living with dementia for who they are, not what they are contending with.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Join me, Jannette and Eloy at the Humanizing Dementia Care Canadian Tour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/cc\/canadian-tour-2022-humanizing-dementia-care-974199\">Register here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7534ca8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7534ca8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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Foreman<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-108b666\" data-id=\"108b666\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71241e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"71241e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eloy-van-Hal-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3121\" alt=\"Eloy van Hal\" srcset=\"https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eloy-van-Hal-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, 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href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eloy-van-hal-70319b20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eloy van Hal<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e39077c\" data-id=\"e39077c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dca18bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dca18bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1004\" height=\"1004\" src=\"https:\/\/silvermark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Jannette-Spiering-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3120\" alt=\"Jannette Spiering\" 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