A community day programme for people with early dementia

Home4All is a registered charity providing opportunities to visitors living with Dementia to engage with like-minded people, create human connections, and stay active.

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What are the benefits?

A group of people working together in the Home4All workshop

Reduces social isolation through group activities

A group of visitors and volunteers sitting together ready to share a meal

Provides purpose for your day

A visitor and volunteer laughing over coffee

Gives respite to partners and carers

The earlier visitors join us, the more that we are able to help them and the greater impact we can have.

How do we work?

Home4All follows the Dutch “green care farm” model, which is small scale intervention in an actual home setting. The normal household activities provide cognitive stimulation and physical exercise in a very natural way and the coffee and meal times provide important social interactions.

We use errorless learning to enable people to regain their autonomy.

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Jan working with a visitor to recycle some old wood

At Home4All Jan and Marian take time to get to know all of their visitors with Dementia. The care they provide is tailored to bring happiness and purpose into daily life with a disability. As the main full time carer for my husband, knowing that one day a week I get a break is also incredibly important. Ian has a good time, I have a good time, and we are both supported by Home4All

Gillian

Meet our Home4All family

Everyone is welcome at Home4All and we all work together as one big family.

Meet some of our team, and learn about what Home4All means to them and their families.

Jan and Marian

Hosts and Founders

We founded Home4All in 2022. Marian has been a district nurse on the Kapiti Coast and Jan has been a healthcare consultant and holds a phD from Erasumus University Rotterdam.

Meet Jan and Marian

Bella

Professional Cuddler

Our visitors love giving Bella attention and cuddles. She’s always there to greet you on arrival but be warned, when you start throwing the ball you won’t be allowed to stop.

Meet Bella

Keith

Visitor

Keith may be in his 80's, but he'll never let that stop him! He loves working with others in the garden or workshop. He even helped to build our awesome new chicken coop out of old trampoline bases!

Meet Keith

Gael

Volunteer

Gael is one of our incredible volunteers! She's got a mean creative streak and doesn't mind getting a bit muddy to get some work done.

Meet Gael

Smokey, Moon, & Bambi

Nigerian Dwarf Goats

These three bundles of joy are all kids from the same litter. They absolutely love attention and are more like puppies than anything! If you're lucky, one of them may even jump into your lap!

Meet the Brothers Gruff

How can I find out more?

You can register directly with us if you have a diagnosis and have a valid indication from the Care Coordination Centre. As soon as we receive your registration form, we will make an appointment for an intake interview.

During the intake interview, we will make a joint decision about the suitability of the Home4All homestead activity programme for you and your family.