With plans to open its doors to 120 patients by the end of 2019, the village will be designed to give those with Alzheimer’s a place where they can live safely – free of loneliness, isolation, or any of the stresses standard housing or care homes may pose.
The village will sit close to the city of Dax and will be an open village with green spaces, places to sit and chat, and paths between a supermarket, hairdressers, a library, a gym, and various restaurants.
The pathways will lead residents around the village without allowing them to get out of safety – but there’ll be no visible fence, so they won’t feel caged in. The idea is that residents will be able to live normal lives safely and healthily, rather than feeling as though they’re in a clinical setting of a care home or hospital.
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