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Searching the World for a Better Life with Dementia
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Toebes' vision for the future of care is one in which we all pitch in — The Times After his international bestselling book The Housemates made headlines across Europe, Teun Toebes travelled to explore how communities and care systems are handling dementia care across the world,...
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Twenty-four-year-old care innovator Teun Toebes has a mission: to improve the quality of life of people living with dementia. This is his powerful account of a journey around the world to explore how dementia is dealt with in other countries. What can we learn from each other to make the future more beautiful and inclusive?
Twenty-four-year-old care innovator Teun Toebes has a mission: to improve the quality of life of people living with dementia. This is his powerful account of a journey around the world to explore how dementia is dealt with in other countries
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Toebes' vision for the future of care is one in which we all pitch in — The Times
After his international bestselling book The Housemates made headlines across Europe, Teun Toebes travelled to explore how communities and care systems are handling dementia care across the world, from South Africa to New Zealand, Norway to Japan. This extraordinary book is powerful, revealing and uplifting, and suggests cross-cultural ideas for making the future more hopeful and inclusive for people living with a form of dementia.
What can we learn from each other? A book for anyone caring for the older generation or hoping to one day grow old happily themselves.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780715656570
Publisher: Duckworth Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: September Publishing
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Teun Toebes, dubbed the 'Greta Thunberg of healthcare', startedhis career in nursing and care ethics. He evolved into an internationalhealthcare innovator who fights to improve the quality oflife for people touched by dementia across the globe. He has receivedmany awards and is a popular speaker at international conferencesand in the media. The Housemates was translatedinto English, German, Italian and Arabic and was a number onebestseller in the Netherlands. teuntoebes.com
Jonathan de Jong is a multi-award-winning documentary filmmakerand bestselling author. His work is characterised by socialand human stories that are highly impactful. Together with TeunToebes he wrote The Housemates and&Human Forever,∧ created the international hitdocumentary of the same name.
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