(This content was created with the help of AI.) What’s being billed as the nation’s first “dementia village” is coming to Wisconsin. The $40 million project will be built in Fitchburg, near Madison, and is scheduled to open next year, reports WMTV.
The idea is to create a community for about 65 residents, all with dementia diagnoses, that swaps institutional hallways for a small-scale neighborhood. Instead of a single locked facility, the village will feature eight houses with eight residents each, plus a restaurant, spa, and grocery store.
The group behind the project—which is modeled after one in the Netherlands—is a nonprofit health-care agency called Agrace…