From Nursing Home
to Simply Home
For care organisations that want to accelerate and sustainably embed the movement toward a true home.
Dementia affects us all
How we, as a society, deal with dementia determines whether people continue to feel seen and valued even after their diagnosis.
It is no coincidence that the entire healthcare sector has started shifting from a focus on ‘quality of care’ to ‘quality of life.’
Many care organisations have taken important steps in this direction. Visions have been rewritten, teams inspired, and small-scale initiatives launched. But the real transformation often remains elusive. Reality proves stubborn: the energy on the work floor doesn’t last, results are temporary, and old patterns of control, productivity, and risk management remain dominant.
The result? People living with dementia feel excluded and get stuck in systems that were once built with the best intentions but where the medical perspective and risk management outweigh human preferences.
Not because healthcare organisations want to do things wrong, but because structures, governance mechanisms, and routines have not yet changed enough.
But it doesn’t have to be this way.
At Article 25 Foundation, we believe: seeing differently is doing differently!
“We believe in a movement where people and organisations come together to improve the quality of life for people living with dementia.”
Teun Toebes
Co-Founder
From Nursing Home to Simply Home
With From Nursing Home to Simply Home, we guide care organisations that want to accelerate and sustainably anchor the shift toward a true home. Not as a standalone project, but as a comprehensive framework for cultural change.
We bring coherence to what’s already happening and make visible which organisational patterns and governance mechanisms support, or hinder, this transition. For example, procurement and accountability structures often don’t evolve alongside the new ambition: why does every resident automatically receive a hospital bed? And does everyone actually want the standard (nightstand) cabinet in their room? Such systems reinforce the old way of working instead of supporting the move toward simply home.
Our strength lies in combining a sharp, external, and systemic perspective with an approach that connects policy, practice, and culture.
We expose blind spots and offer interventions that contribute structurally to creating environments where people living with dementia feel at home. In doing so, we create a movement in which people living with dementia, their loved ones, and care providers work together, making simply home the new norm.
For whom?
- For care organisations that feel things need to change, and can change.
- That are (or want to be) frontrunners in the movement and want to accelerate this transition together with us.
- That want to build an organisation where people are at the center, but find that existing systems and governance mechanisms are standing in the way of that ambition.
Our Approach
Not just talking about change, but starting it!
In four phases, we help your organisation transform from nursing home to simply home.
Key features of our approach:
- We combine practice and policy, reflection and action.
- An integrated change approach aimed at structural transformation of culture, organisational structure, and daily practice.
- Human-centered care is no longer a goal in itself but becomes a natural part of how the organisation operates.
- At each step, we reassess what your organisation specifically needs.
Download the detailed approach, including key activities and expected outcomes for each phase:
Is your organisation ready to make a difference?
Start the conversation!
What impact do we have?
Together, we create meaningful change:
For people living with dementia and their loved ones
Improved quality of life in an environment that feels like home, where everyone can be themselves and experience freedom.
For care organisations
A place where residents can shape their day in meaningful and personal ways, with support that fits who they are and what they want.
For care providers
More space to provide care from the heart, resulting in greater fulfillment, less stress, and sustainable employability.
For society
A broader acceptance of a human-centered vision of care for people living with dementia.
PLAN YOUR CALL
Will your organisation be a frontrunner in the movement?
Change starts with a conversation.
Want to learn what we can do for you?
In a 30-minute online meeting, we’ll explore the possibilities together.
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We’ll contact you within 2 working days.
A Movement
From Nursing Home to Simply Home is part of the integrated approach Home Forever.
This program consists of three initiatives to drive this change forward.
We transform nursing homes from institutional settings into social environments. In this, the needs of the person are central, and people, including those living with dementia, can live in freedom.
We focus on making communities inclusive, where people living with dementia are fully part of society. This enables people to live at home longer and, above all, more comfortably.
For those for whom full freedom is not feasible, we design a dignified solution.