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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
What is a Dutch “Alzheimer café”?
The Alzheimer café is a Dutch community-care format invented in Leiden in 1997 by psychogeriatrician Bère Miesen. The concept is simple: people with dementia and their families gather monthly in a public space (a community center, library, café) for coffee, an informal lecture from a healthcare professional, and unstructured conversation. The model spread across the Netherlands within a decade and exported globally; there are now Alzheimer cafés in over twenty countries. Run mostly by Alzheimer Nederland chapters and volunteers, the Alzheimer café sits at the centre of Dutch community-based dementia care.
In this clip, a young volunteer explains her role: “Dit is het Alzheimer café. Hier zijn mensen die dementie hebben.” She brings them coffee and tea.
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- ▸In Dutch dementia-care and elder-policy writing (Alzheimer Nederland, Trouw, De Volkskrant)
- ▸In Dutch community-care and social-policy journalism (NRC, Movisie, De Correspondent)
- ▸In Dutch primary-school content about volunteering and jeugdlintjes (Het Klokhuis, NOS Jeugdjournaal, Schooltv)
- ▸In Dutch psychogeriatric research and Leiden University writing (Universiteit Leiden, LUMC, NEMO Kennislink)