To Help Alzheimer’s Patients, a Care Center Re-Creates the 1950s

Glenner Town Square, a new care facility for dementia patients in California, was built to resemble a town from the 1950s. It’s an application of ‘reminiscence therapy,’ which uses prompts from a person’s past to elicit memories and encourage conversation.

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