That’s just a small bit of the idea being proposed for a dementia village in Vancouver, as health authorities in parts of B.C. Village community for dementia patients about to take shape. An estimated 564,000 Canadians were living with dementia in 2016 – a number that the Alzheimer’s Society predicts will nearly double to 940,000 people by 2031. Unlike the five-acre site at the former Bradshaw Elementary School in Langley, the proposed village in Vancouver will be publicly funded. Tait expects the village will attract volunteers and nursing students interested in learning about this new types of care model in Canada.
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