About us
De Wingerd is a pioneer, in Belgium and in Flanders on the subject of small-scaled housing for people with dementia. An innovative concept, inspired by initiatives in Scandinavia, improved in collaboration with LUCAS (Leuven University), the Flemish Expertise Centers on Dementia and the Network of small-scaled housing projects and normalized living for elderly.
Assisted living for people with dementia
Concept and architecture in De Wingerd are entirely based on and developed in perspective of our mission and a unique vision about professional care and wellbeing for people with dementia; resulting in five core principles. We offer an alternative home to vulnerable yet valuable people, 8 residents per unit, thus creating a safe living environment with professional support: client-oriented and on demand, with respect for everyone’s personal needs, beliefs and identity.
Together with the resident, family and friends, we continue their life story, writing a new chapter each day!
Mission statement
A house on the outskirts of the city
where people with dementia are embraced
as they are on the road together
looking for quality of life in all its forms
each from their own experiences, with their own stories.
We do this by:
Living
day by day
together and from your own space
keeping family relations
with and among people
who care for you and support you
with your past and your present
Learning
again and again
with an ear for each other
with an eye for the world
of neighbors and visitors
finding ways
for collaborators
to stay themselves afoot
while helping others
fully committing
Caring
to support each other
in carrying out what we profess
and professing what we carry out
always choosing for humans in all their vulnerability
Embodying the reality of warm care and solidarity.
Our history
- 1982: one of the first nursinghomes in Belgium specialising in dementia
- 1993: additional services, daycare centre and careflats for couples
- 1999: start Centre of Expertise on Dementia
- 2007: collaboration with other nursing homes in the region
- 2009: new-built nursing home, designed to fit principles of small-scaled housing
- 2016: additional units for young people with dementia
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