At first glance, this is an ordinary village, but you will be surprised when you find out what was going on ...

De Hogeveyk - a quarter of the 23 homes in the town of oars in the Netherlands. This village has been specially designed for people with Alzheimer's disease or dementia.

The creators of this settlement and the city authorities decided that the elderly do not need to go to a nursing home.

Many elderly people who live here do not even know that they are in an institution. For them, everything looks very familiar - homes, shops, streets with flower beds and benches. Employees of the center, which they see every day, but do not remember their faces and names are recognized as ordinary residents of the settlement.

Hogeveyk - not an ordinary village in the Netherlands.


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It is home to 152 people suffering from Alzheimer's disease and dementia.


Photo: Madeleine Sars

Patients here are ordinary lifestyle. There is even a supermarket!



Photo: Hans Erkelens



Photo: Hans Erkelens

In addition, residents of the village can visit the restaurant, theater and bar.


Photo: Hans Erkelens

Rooms vary in interior design.


Photo: KopArt, Amstelveen



Photo: KopArt, Amstelveen



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Photo: Hans Erkelens

The center opened in 2009.


Photo: msagd.rlp.de

Kingdom of the Netherlands, and local organizations in the town cost almost $ 22 million.


Photo: Hans Erkelens

attendants and other workers do not wear uniforms and behave like ordinary citizens.


Photo: Hans Erkelens

Patients who live in the more expensive rooms, with staff sometimes treated like a servant.


Photo: Anita Edridge



Photo: Madeleine Sars



Photo: msagd.rlp.de

Here is a map of the town.


Photo: Nieko Roozen



Photo: Molenaar & Bol & VanDillen architekten

I am sure that elderly people live here are very good. The center has everything you need - safe, proper health care, ongoing support and maintenance. The perfect place to spend their old age.

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