The Danish model, plus 5 more alternatives to LTC as we know it Joanne Laucius © Tony Caldwell A family in a long-term care home. In Denmark, residents in a care homes can have a glass of wine or smoke a cigarette. They go outside, even in winter. There are a few stairs in the units, purposely built to give residents extra exercise. Although some of the differences between these long-term care homes and those in Canada come from the physical environment Lillevang, an eldercare community built in 1998 is divided into “families” of eight people the most striking differences have to do with the Danish philosophy of what is owed to people as they age.
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