Sweden slowly entered a super-aged society over a period of more than 100 years from 1887 to 2014, in contrast to Korea, which reached an aging society in just 30 to 40 years.

Sweden, which has already begun full-fledged elderly care research since the 1980s, has achieved remarkable results. In 1985, the world's first dementia elderly care facility (group home) created by Stockholm psychiatrist spread around the world, and day care centers and nursing homes were built.

In addition, the age group of elderly care targets was raised to prevent unnecessary waste of financial resources, and the quality of life was improved while reducing the budget by switching the elderly care field from the facility to the home.

In Sweden, in particular, elderly facilities tend to be viewed as "housing" rather than "facilities," because they can be until the first death, are divided into second dwellings, pay rent, and third, like ordinary houses, are subject to housing benefits.

This creates a social atmosphere that respects the independence and dignity of residents as if looking at a general landlord. It has great implications for us in that even if we enter the so-called "facilities," we have allowed the elderly to decide their lifestyle on their own by taking the furniture they used and creating a familiar environment.

➊  Employees and residents hang out and chat together. It is impressive that they treat each other on an equal footing like a family. ➋ The appearance of Uscalan. ➌  Private Room View. It connects directly to the garden. ➍  The way he brought his furniture. Each private room has a kitchen. ➎  well-decorated staff lounge. This is the result of recalling that employees must also work in a comfortable environment to provide high-quality services to residents.

Employees must be happy so that residents are happy,  Uscalan

Ljuskallan, located in

Wistad, is providing high-quality services to residents by emphasizing the rest and welfare of employees.

With the idea that customers can't be happy if their employees aren't happy, they have a kind of tea time, FIKA, which is not only legally guaranteed, but also recognized as working hours. 

It is even beautiful to see the director of

and the end staff working together to confirm the bond between the employees and to have productive conversations about work. Analysts say that as it reduces stress on work in this way, it takes care of residents in a relaxed manner.

residents also live in a cozy and comfortable environment. You can bring and use your stained furniture as it is, and you can maintain your existing lifestyle to some extent by holding programs such as worship, fashion shows, and games on your own.

You can make and eat simple food in a simple kitchen installed in a private room, and lunch can be served at a nearby restaurant. In terms of monthly rent, it pays about 5,000 krona (about 620,000 won) a month, plus meals and care, about 10,000 krona (about 1.24 million won).

➊  A simple swimming pool for the health of employees and residents. ➋  center living room decorated with Christmas trees. The hallway gave a cozy feeling with indirect lighting. There are chairs everywhere, which is also a characteristic of Swedish culture. ➌  Outdoor gardens designed to stimulate the five senses. ➍ VIXX ANGLE view located in the nature of Wistad.

Living Based on Cognition, VIX ANGLE

Located in Wistad, southern Sweden, VIXX ANGAL, which is so cool that it has won a number of architectural awards at home and abroad, is planned and operated based on cognition. Cognition is a philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner of Austria that pursues not only physical health but also mental and spiritual health such as the five senses of humans.

Perhaps because of this background, residents of

VIXX ANGLE have a unique lifestyle, eating food made from organic ingredients and heating using the geothermal heat of the ground. It is also characterized by opening facilities such as swimming pools, sauna rooms, and massage rooms to local residents so that they can interact naturally with residents .

Unit Care is provided, which manages several residents in groups (10 people here), and it is also noteworthy that it has seven employees per unit to provide services close to dedicated care.

There are many outdoor gardens for each

unit, so you can enjoy the water, soil, and wind of the garden at any time if you want.

The Queen's Touch, SilviaHemet

Queen Sylvia of Sweden said her mother suffered from dementia and felt how much pain the dementia patients and their families suffered. For this reason, the Royal Foundation was created to support the care of dementia patients and mobilized Sweden’s best manpower and know-how. The result is Sylvia Hemet. 

Queen

is implementing a dementia-only nurse system called “Silvia Nuss” while providing specialized dementia education for doctors in cooperation with the University of Carolinska. Doctors who complete this training are given the honor of “Silvia Doctor.”

The efforts of

facility employees are also formidable. Employees regularly provide services and education for the elderly with dementia, especially learning tactil care, a Swedish massage. Taktil Care is said to help the elderly increase their psychological stability and self-esteem by gently massaging the whole body with their hands for a long time.

Queen Sylvia has visited Korea with experts to distribute dementia-related programs, and is leading the way in distributing Sweden's advanced dementia management methods and educational content around the world.

Other facilities

▶ Trelevory

The items used by patients in their youth were displayed all over

so that they could reminisce about the past and be lost in memories. This method helps to care for the elderly with dementia.

▶SarbTrask Aldreviende

The cozy atmosphere and the furniture in the living room make us forget that this is an elderly facility. It creates the illusion of entering a nice cafe.

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A single camp for a family caregiver who is tired of caring and has forgotten how to take care of himself

We are recruiting participants for

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The

Lina Foundation aims to help family caregivers in the blind spot of our social care continue to live a healthy nursing life of healthy care.

I hope it will be a valuable time to recover your tired mind and body through the 2 days and 1 night camp that increases rest and resilience in the natural recreation forest.