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West Sussex 'dementia-village' care home opens based on Dutch-model

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Norden House in Littlehampton, West Sussex hopes to ease the transition for residents going from their home into care and provide them with a community..

The first dementia care home, based on a Dutch model, where the facility is designed as a village, has opened in the South.

On-site there is a hairdresser, where residents can have weekly appointments, there is a cafe, where they can eat with visiting family members, and a garden to plant flowers. "What we have here, is a domestic-scale hub, or household, in which care is delivered and independence is primary in supporting those individuals."

"I've spoken to people who've said that was the hardest day of their life. I think for us, having found this, this was one of the best days.The charity Alzheimer's Disease International describes this model of care as a "game changer".

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