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The Guardian Health Thursday 10 September 2026, 02:00 UTC By Presented by Helen Pidd with Teun Toebes and Jonathan de Jong; produced by Saskia Collette and Brian McNamara; executive producers Sami Kent and Homa Khaleeli 1 min read
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Nurse Teun Toebes and filmmaker Jonathan de Jong argue for a radical new approach to treating – and giving freedom to – people with dementiaTeun Toebes was 17, a student nurse, when he first entered a care home. He entered, he remembers, “the closed ward”, where residents were locked inside.

Nurse Teun Toebes and filmmaker Jonathan de Jong argue for a radical new approach to treating – and giving freedom to – people with dementia

Teun Toebes was 17, a student nurse, when he first entered a care home. He entered, he remembers, “the closed ward”, where residents were locked inside. It illustrated perfectly, he thought, “how we have lost the plot” when it comes to treating dementia.

Teun – together with filmmaker Jonathan de Jong – have just released a documentary, Forever Human, on his journey in care since: living for years in homes across the Netherlands, and then travelling beyond to find the best examples of dementia care across the world.

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