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About Us

At Home4All, we run a day programme that supports people living with early-stage dementia and gives them independence.
We aim to always give our visitors a happy day!

A group of visitors and volunteers working on a jigsaw
Two visitors and volunteers enjoying the duo-bike and trailer

1. What do we do?

Jan and Marian opened out their family home in 2022 to become a safe place for people with dementia. We want to help them to remain active and build community while remaining independent and most importantly, have fun!

Three of our visitors enjoying arts and crafts

2. Why do we do it?

Our day programme helps people stay involved in the life around them and maintain the skills and confidence that support independence.

A visitor working in the Home4All workshop

3. How do we do it?

We follow the “Green Care Farm” model which brings happiness
in people’s lives by being outside, being together and being involved in the day-to-day things of life.

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What do we do?

Home4all follows a Dutch "green care farm” model, which is a small scale intervention in an actual home situation. We run a day programme that supports people with dementia, aiming to give our visitors back their independence.

 

It is important that our visitors have an affinity with the outdoors, getting dirty hands, dirty shoes, and soaking up the ‘outdoors’ all contributes to the sense of purpose and well-being that the visitors experience. Outside activities will be enhanced by relaxed morning teas and lunches together.

Our goal is to bring pride, joy, and respect into each day. We do this by creating a homely, community-centred environment where participants feel seen, valued, and involved. We do all this alongside our wonderful team of volunteers

A visitor and volunteer enjoying the duo-bike
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Two visitors walking with a flock of chickens and the goats

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Why do we do it?

Our programme helps people stay involved in the life around them and maintain the skills and confidence that support independence.

We see the best impact on our visitors when they join us as early on as possible. By not doing so you can deprive them of the fun and benefits that can be had.

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.

Coming to Home4All:

  • Reduces social isolation

  • Provides purpose to your day

  • Gives respite to partners and carers

  • Increases the quality of life for both visitors and their partners/carers

  • Slows down deterioration

A visitor sitting down to feed the chickens
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The earlier visitors join us, the more that we are able to help them and the greater impact we can have.

A group of people working in the Home4All workshop

Reduces social isolation through group activities

Some of the Home4All team enjoying lunch together

Provides purpose for your day

A visitor and volunteer laughing over coffee

Gives respite to partners and carers

What are the benefits?

A visitor feeding the chickens
A visitor working in the Home4All workshop

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How do we do it?

We follow the Dutch "green care farm" model, where daily activities like gardening, caring for animals, preparing meals, or enjoying crafts, helps participants to stay active, social, and connected.

 

We can host 8-10 visitors in our safe, relaxed homestead environment. We offer activities to match their former environments, professions and/or hobbies. It is the essence of Home4All. These familiar tasks promote both wellbeing and dignity, while offering gentle structure and variety.

We use "errorless learning" to enable people to regain their autonomy. There are no mistakes here, just gentle guidance and support.

A visitor and volunteer working together in the workshop
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Meet our Home4All family

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

Jan and Marian with the goats

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.

Bella the dog

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.

Catherine holding an escapee rabbit

Catherine

Visitor

Catherine loves spending time out on our bike in the sunshine and helping with the animals - even managed to capture one escapee rabbit!
 

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Smokey, Moon, and Bambi the goats

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!

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Home4All is exactly what my family needed! Our sister was diagnosed at 46, incredibly young for what most people consider to be an old age disease. We have found Home4All offers a comfortable, relaxed and inspiring environment with the most welcoming hosts, including their gorgeous dog Bella.

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Rachel

Our Awards

Home4All was incredibly honoured to receive the Wellington Airport - Kapiti Coast Community Awards Runner-up for the Health and Wellbeing category in 2025!

Jan and Marian - our founders - were presented this award on the 7th of August. We want to thank our amazing visitors, dedicated volunteers, and incredible board members. It's all because of you!

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.

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