By Chloe Elmer
As the cost of caregiving for the four-to-five million Americans currently living with dementia continues to increase, many are looking for alternative treatment and disease management.
One such option is Glenner Town Square, a “dementia village” designed to replicate experiences from the 1950s and 1960s, coming soon to San Diego.
“People with dementia need to feel like they’re part of the human race,” Dr. Jason Karlawish, co-director of the Penn Memory Center, told CNBC. “And so we need new approaches that aren’t just biomedical.”