WZC De Weister is part of ZORG KORTRIJK, the CARE departement of the Public Welfare Centre of the City of Kortrijk. It is a nursing home that works according to the principles of small-scaled normalized living for people with dementia. WZC De Weister is primarily open to all elderly and needy Kortrijk’ families, which are no longer willing or able to live at home, regardless of their origin and their ideological, philosophical or religious beliefs. WZC De Weister has two important policies: ‘empowering people’ and ‘giving people the opportunity to still be part of the community (citizenship - destigmatisation)’. Through the years dementia has become a major issue in the governmental plan of the City of Kortrijk.