Damien Krier, laureate of the Yves Journel University Prize awarded by the DomusVi Foundation for Solidarity between Generations
RetourCongratulations to Damien Krier, winner of the DomusVi Foundation’s Yves Journel University Prize for Solidarity between Generations.
As a health economist within the Phares and Active teams at the BPH, Damien was recognised for his thesis: “Cost-effectiveness evaluation of a model of social inclusion and personalised care for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders : the ”Village Landais Henri Emmanuelli” as an alternative model to nursing homes”
At the end of March 2026, at the Senate, the third edition of the DomusVi Foundation’s Yves Journel University Prize for Solidarity between Generations took place.
Among the three projects recognised for their contribution to healthy ageing was the thesis by Damien Krier, a health economist and member of the Active and Phares teams at the BPH:
“Cost-effectiveness evaluation of a model of social inclusion and personalised care for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders : the ”Village Landais Henri Emmanuelli” as an alternative model to nursing homes”
In this thesis, Damien presents a cost-effectiveness analysis of this medical and social care institution, which opened in 2020.
The Active and Phares teams have been closely involved in this project from the start, because this centre provides essential data for research that will improve the quality of life and care for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. The efficiency of the model is currently being assessed across all stakeholders, using various clinical and quality-of-life indicators, which are compared with the costs of care.
In his research, Damien highlights some very promising initial results:
This model has shown that residents of the Alzheimer’s Village are subject to fewer hospital admissions, and when they are admitted, their length of stay is shorter, which represents a cost saving for the National Health Service. Nevertheless, the daily cost of a resident in the village is higher compared to a resident in a conventional care home.
His future research will focus on assessing the full range of costs associated with residents’ care pathways, in order to determine whether or not this model succeeds in combining quality of life with a viable business model.