An absolutely brilliant article about an Alzheimer Home in Arizona:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/01/health/01care.html?_r=1&hp
I very rarely ever agree with institutional care but this home seems much more humane when dealing with Alzheimer Patients than most of the places I have read about. It sort of explains why the matriarch likes eating so many sweets. It is also ironic as the first of the Baby Boom Generation turns 65 this year and this could be the ideal care set-up, enabling more people to stay at home longer and not lose their independence as they face their coming seniority.
A small note: one of the reasons Beatitudes seems ideal is that it does not encourage group activities like Bingo or crafts; if a person did not participate in such activities in their adulthood, what would make a seniors' centre think they would want to participate in their dotage?
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