Community links vital
A high level of independence, access to care when you need it and strong connections with the local community…these are some of the hallmarks of the innovative model of residential care for older people winning acclaim in the Netherlands, according to The Benevolent Society.
The Apartments for Life model, as pioneered in Holland by the Humanitas Foundation, offers older people the chance to remain in their own home throughout older age and to avoid having to move when their health declines and they require increasing levels of care and support.
The model, which The Benevolent Society is committed to introducing to Australia, directly challenges the assumption of the inevitability of a move to a nursing home in later life.
