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Old 02-23-2014, 08:51 AM
 
Location: Michigan
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Imagine suffering from dementia while living a relatively normal life, cooking, cleaning, and going about your business. Well, elderly people in mental decline are experiencing just that at a so-called village in the town of Weesp, in Holland, reports Gizmodo.

Dementia Patients Have Their Own Village - Dutch establishment lets dementia patients live normally
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Old 04-20-2014, 07:30 PM
 
Location: Cayucos, CA
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That is so wonderful! I wish our country could do something like this too!
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Old 04-21-2014, 05:27 AM
 
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I love how they are assigned housing based on their lifestyles.

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If anything like this ever existed in the US, it would only be for the wealthy.
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