Hogewey

''', operated by nursing home , is a gated model village in Weesp, Netherlands. It has been designed specifically as a pioneering care facility for elderly people with dementia. The benefit of using all-day reminiscence therapy at Hogewey, compared to traditional nursing homes, is that the residents with dementia are more active and require less medication.

==Layout== The Hogewey complex is set out like a village with a town square, supermarket, hairdressing salon, theatre, pub, café-restaurant—as well as the twenty-three houses themselves. In 2018 four houses were added to The Hogeweyk. Each house reflects a style that is common to, and familiar for, the six or seven people who live in that house. The seven settings provided are: ', for those used to living in an urban area ', with an aristocratic Dutch feel ' for those used to working as trades people or craftsmen/women ' for those with an association with Indonesia and the former Dutch East Indies ' for homemakers ' for those brought up with theatre and cinema ' for those with a central religious aspect to life, whether Christian or another religion.