The Hogeweyk (part of Hogewey care centre. A weyk or wijk being a group of houses, similar to a village) is a specially designed village with 23 houses for 152 dementia-suffering seniors. The elderly all need nursing home facilities and live in houses differentiated by lifestyle. Hogeweyk offers 7 different lifestyles: Goois (upper class), homey, Christian, artisan, Indonesian and cultural. The residents manage their own households together with a constant team of staff members. Washing, cooking and so on is done every day in all of the houses. Daily groceries are done in the Hogeweyk supermarket . Hogeweyk offers its dementia-suffering inhabitants maximum privacy and autonomy. The village has streets, squares, gardens and a park where the residents can safely roam free. Just like any other village Hogeweyk offers a selection of facilities, like a restaurant, a bar and a theatre. These facilities can be used by Hogeweyk residents AND residents of the surrounding neighbourhoods. Everybody is welcome to come in!

Hogewey’s view on care

Indonesian living room

Hogewey’s view on care is founded in day to day life in society. In normal society living means having your own space to live and managing your own household. People live together with other people sharing the same ideas and values in life. This makes the place where one lives a home. Hogeweyk residents have already lived a life where they shaped their own life, where they made choices about their own household and standards. The fact that a resident cannot function “normally” in certain areas, being handicapped by dementia, does not mean that they no longer have a valid opinion on their day to day life and surroundings. The residents opinion on life, housing, values and standards determine their “lifestyle”. There are 7 lifestyles defined in Hogeweyk: urban, artisan, Indonesian, homey, Goois, cultural and Christian. Every Hogeweyk home houses six to eight people with the same lifestyle. This lifestyle can be seen in the decor and layout of the house, the interaction in the group and with the members of staff, day to day activity and the way these activities are carried out. Every house manages its own household with a permanent staff. Another aspect of normal living is being able to move freely inside the house AND outside. A normal house in a normal village in a safe environment gives the residents of Hogeweyk this freedom in safety.

Awards

Hogewey was awarded several national and international prizes for the way care is organised at Hogeweyk.

The most prestegious awards for Hogewey:

• Winnaar van de Gastvrijheidszorg Award 2010 (“Hospitality Care” Award 2010)

• Nominatie voor Hedy d’Anconaprijs 2010, excellente zorgarchitectuur) (Nominated for the Hedy d’Ancona Award 2010, Excellence in Health care architecture)

• Gouden Kwaliteitskeurmerk van Perspect 2006 (Golden label for Quality by Perspect 2006)

• Project of the World, Expo 2000 Hannover

• International Hospital Federation Award 1995, for innovative management

• Dien Cornelissenprijs 1993 voor privacy in de verpleeghuiszorg (Dien Cornelissenprijs 1993 for privacy in nursinghomes)

Nomination Hedy d’Ancona Award

Nomination Hedy d’Ancona Award 2010

Molenaar&Bol&VanDillen are proud to inform the World that the Hogeweyk project is nominated for the Hedy d’Ancona Award <more on the Hedy D’Ancona Award>. A jury has nominated six projects for the Hedy d’Ancona Award for excellent health care archicture. The jury, headed by Ton Venhoeven, has selected six projects from the hundred and twelve submissions. The selection is very diverse: a small-scale work and housing project for people with mental disabilities in Noord-Holland, a conversion at the Brouwersgracht for the elderly, a large nursing home with an innovative care-concept, a care home in a building from the post-war reconstruction era, a multifunctional centre for rehabilitation in Arnhem and a nursing home in Weesp, designed as a self-contained village.

Ton Venhoeven, chairman, architect (VenhoevenCS), Government advisor on infrastructure

Frans Jaspers, boardmember UMCG

Durk Kooistra boardmember ’s Heeren Loo

Jaap Roëll, former management director Cordaan

Dana Ponec, architect (Dana Ponec Architecten)

Elma van Boxel & Kristian Koreman, bureau ZUS (Zones Urbaines Sensibles)

Dorien de Vos, interior designer

The Hedy d’Ancona Award is a new prize in Dutch architecture and health care. The prize is awarded to health care buildings where urban design, landscape design, architecture or interior design support a care-concept. The Hedy d’Ancona Award is a joint project between the Stimuleringsfonds voor Architectuur (SfA) and the Centrum Zorg en Bouw of TNO. The Government Advisor on Building studio and the Health Department support the initiative