St. Louis memory care facility uses mini golf to help dementia patients

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – Residents of Dolan Memory Care Homes competed in the first-ever Dolan Open, a mini golf tournament played on a course built by the residents themselves.

The facility cares for people with memory impairments, including Alzheimer’s disease and frontal lobe dementia, according to Tim Dolan, o Dolan Memory Care Homes.

The staff chose mini golf because research shows people retain muscle memory longer than other types of memory…

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