On 28 November 2025, ILPN’s Global Observatory of Long-Term Care (GOLTC) hosted an all-day event featuring experts from around the world to commemorate the International Day of Care and Support. This is a recording of the contribution:

Changing the Narrative: Human Forever, Teun Toebes

Teun Toebes (26) is a healthcare innovator and humanitarian activist. His mission is to improve the quality of life for people with dementia worldwide. To this end, he lived in the closed dementia ward for three and a half years. Because he believes that dementia is not a healthcare issue but a societal one, the internationally awarded film Human Forever chronicles his international quest for the next chapter. Teun Toebes has a strong voice on social media, speaks at international conferences and together with filmmaker Jonathan de Jong previously published the #1 global bestsellers The Housemates and Human Forever.