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UI College of Nursing Assistant Professor Marianne Smith was recently interview by ABC News for an article on a new nursing home concept for dementia patients.
Written by Katie Moisse, the article, titled “Alzheimer's Disease: Dutch Village Doubles as Nursing Home,” discusses Hogewey, a nursing home in Amsterdam that was designed to look and feel more like a small village than a care facility.
Dr. Smith was asked about this new approach to eldercare and is quoted about halfway down the first page.
To read the article in its entirety, click here [1]
Links:
[1] http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AlzheimersCommunity/alzheimers-disease-dutch-village-dubbed-truman-show-dementia/story?id=16103780