This Facility Created A 1950s Town To Care For Alzheimer’s Patients 

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Alzheimers is the truly one of the scariest diseases i can think of getting... its so sad for everyone involved

“The past eases any pain of the present.” That’s a hell of a quote

My uncle had dementia brought about by stroke. We tried placement in a nursing home but nothing pleased him. We noticed as we watched carefully that the dining room didn’t serve him more that a small bowl of soup because he ate too slowly. I was sitting in his room out of sight and heard the staff taking bets on the date of his death. Assisted living is simply assisted dying. We brought him home so he could have three meals and eat for as long as he liked with people who wanted to sit beside him. He got help from hospice with showering. We drove to parks and to the mountains, went to restaurants he liked. I miss him.

Her even knowing that she can be comfortable and funny around him even if she had no idea who he was at all speaks volume. She still know he is somebody she could trust ❤️🥺

When she said " you're a good man, I'll keep you" to her husband my heart just melted.

ok but she is literally the cutest thing, when she started doo doing and blew the camera a kiss

My great grandmother passed away in 2017. In the last few months of her life she started developing Alzheimer’s. She kept asking me to put some coffee and coffee rolls out for her best friend was coming by after to church to play bridge. I hated watching her face when they would tell her that she’s been dead for 15 years. To save her the heartache I would set the table for three. A place for me, her and Ms.Catret. I would just tell her that she’s probably running late because she’s running her mouth after church. My granny would agree. I was a terrible bridge player but seeing that smile on her face made the lie I was telling less hurtful. I pray when I get older I don’t lose my memories. I don’t want lose a single one

I was doing a paper for my senior year in High school about music therapy and it’s effect on Alzheimer’s dementia. This is actually one of the places that I found and I always thought it was pretty cool. Btw I found that there was no negative side effect of music therapy and almost everyone that underwent this therapy showed improved signs.

Imagine being with someone for 50 years and then one day she doesn't know who you are. That would be the biggest heart ache I'd have to endure

when she asked that lady “who’s girl are you?” and she replied “your girl” it was so cute what a precious woman

I used to know a guy well into his 80s with Alzheimer's. He was pretty far into the disease, but aware of it. He told me he knows he can't remember what he said 30 minutes ago, but he has learned to cope with it. He said that a few years ago it could frustrate him to no end, but he found peace with it and was one of the happiest individuals i've known. If anyone is interested in the stories from WW2 and afterwards he told me let me know

You can tell by the way she lights up at the facility that she feels safe. ❤️ I love that there are people who take the time to care for our elders so thoughtfully.

People who work with those with Alzheimer’s and dementia are heroes to me.

I love how her family tells her that “Town Square” needs her help. Sometimes, with Alzheimer’s, it is about the presentation. They resist losing their independence, and after a certain time, they don’t understand why they can’t be independent anymore. The key is kindness.

I work at a senior living facility as an activities assistant. This just warms my heart to see this level of interactive care for those who have memory issues. 🥺☺️

As a retired Geriatric Nurse, this is an absolute pleasure to know that this facility is an active program in place for our aging family members. We absolutely need to have many more of these facilities across North America and beyond. Lovely!

"What am I doing?" "You're just sitting there being a passenger." "Oh. Okay." I feel like I have had this conversation before.

“How many kids do I have? Probably, probably about 4” Bless this old lady’s heart ❤️.

We need these centers nationwide. I'm only 35 and my mom would benefit from a program like this. She forgets and blends so many things together. She is stuck in the 1960's and 70s. That's when she remembers the most vividly.

I'm 74 and I would love to live in that neighborhood if I didn't have any memory loss! Might keep the memory going longer!

Imagine being 30 years old and going to your local grocery store, then the clerk tells you you're actually 90 and have dementia and you're in this dementia village.

Poor Ray. That man loves her with all his heart

This is what happens when people actually care! ♥️

This made me cry. I lost my grandpa to Alzheimers in 2016. 💔

“How many kids do you have” “Ohh probably 4” Ms. Mary is too cute 😌😂

When she started “doo doo doo ing” I literally died of cuteness

I didn't expect to cry today but here I am weeping. My grandmother is showing what may be early signs. For now it's just forgetfulness, less verbal restraint, stubbornness, but it gets bad in the evenings. She isn't her. It was worse once, when she was in the hospital with pneumonia, but that was from the morphine. Now it's just a daily struggle. I worry about her so much. She already struggles with mobility from arthritis, and she lives with my parents but they constantly argue, nobody in the household could be a full time caretaker either. It scares me for so many reasons. That condition is one of my biggest fears. I'm scared she'll do something she'll regret, say something she doesn't mean, I'm scared she'll forget me. I came out as trans to her two years ago and sometimes she still can't remember my name. Most of all I just imagine how scared she must be at times, how scared she will be. And to know there's nothing I can do, it hurts. I just want my grandma back.

There using nostalgia as a way to better equipment patients and their families for when the patient eventually moves to a long term care facility. This is genius! Absolute genius!! There need to be more of these.

She is the cutest old lady ever. It feels good to see someone being adequately taken care of.

“how many kids do you have?” “oh i think about 4” Kid #5- :((

I see a lot of comments saying things like, “it takes a very caring person to work in a place like this/with people like this”. Kindly, I disagree! Before I started working with dementia patients, I thought I wasn’t the kind of person suited for it. I thought that kindness and generosity were these magical qualities that someone like me would never have that much of. I was wrong! Kindness isn’t innate, it’s a pattern of deliberate, learned behavior. Anyone can be kind. You could be the cruelest person alive, and you could still learn to be kind. The same goes for being patient and for being empathetic. Caregivers aren’t superhuman; we’re normal people, just like you, who just happen to have a specific skill set. You could do it, too! You are capable of so much more than you think.

This is not only a wonderful place for Mary to go where shes obviously relaxed and happy which gives her relief, but also for Ray because it gives him respite from being a career. Having that respite means their relationship can stay strong and loving instead of becoming all about caring for Mary. What a wonderful place!

"You could go kiss Ray with that breath." "I don't want to." Ray: :(

When I’m 85 these are gonna be an internet cafe where everyone is playing League and CoD and a movie theater that’s always showing Endgame... maybe they’ll have an art gallery with the ancient memes

This is amazing!!!! I can't imagine how comforting this must be for any older person especially an older person with dementia and memory issues. It is true that my grandparents used to light up when they were talking about old stories from their youth and early adult years. I love this idea and I would like to see this style of day center open in many more places ❤️❤️

I work in nursing homes, and it is sometimes an industry with profit at a higher priority over care. I know a place like this one in the video has to make money, but it seems like they really try to do what's right for their residents. This warms my heart.

Something important to note: When she asks “who else is eating” it might be in reference to the STRANGE PERSON BEHIND THE CAMERA in their home. She might be wondering if they are going to eat too.

getting old scares the crap out of me.

Mary is the sweetest, cutest old lady I've ever seen. My mom used to work at an assisted living facility as a CNA when I was a little kid, and she'd take me to work with her. I always loved being around all the lovely elderly people. This brought back a lot of happy memories for me.

My great grandma stopped being able to understand any technology that existed after the eighties towards the end of her life. This idea is actually genius, putting people in an environment they grew up in and recognize and keeping them comfortable

Whenever she said "do do do doo doo do do, boop boop" I felt that

Imagine being 80 years old and you get taken to a building across town to play minecraft.

It’s heartbreaking to watch someone you love or anyone for that matter go through this. It’s absolutely phenomenal that this facility exists. I’m a relatively tough person emotionally but this video made me shed some tears.

I’m a Care Aide who works in an advanced dementia unit, so these people and this illness are very familiar to me. I think that this is a beautiful idea. This is great.

the “who’s girl are you?” “yours!” moment was the sweetest thing. 🥺 props to the professionals who work in places like this, it takes a special kind of caring person to do so.

The daughter helping them is a gem. Really rare nowadays.

Well if this means we can make an 80's-90's town square for my parents generation, I'm here for it!

I was expecting an actual small town replicating the 50s 😭

we start off with being cared for, and we end with being cared for.

This is so cool to see, I would have to think this is so therapeutic to all sides. The state of Elder care in the US is heartbreaking. They go from living their own life and having their own possessions to basically being stripped of everything they own and being reduced to a small room with bare walls and a tiny TV on the wall, being served mediocre meals daily. I know that I certainly wouldn’t want that for myself or anyone I know, it has to be miserable, not to mention for those that aren’t dealing with Alzheimer’s. I watched my great grandmother go from beginning stages of Alzheimer’s to not knowing anything in the course of 8 years. I could only think a place like this would have helped a little. I really hope for some real change in these types of care facilities, I know it will never be perfect, but it could definitely be a lot better. Not to mention that lower level employees are overworked and underpaid which drives even the more passionate workers away.

I love her....she reminds me of my mumma who passed last year from Vascular Dementia . I just wanna give her the biggest cuddle. Crying watching this as I miss my Mum and Dad both so much. 😪💓

imagine the first person to develop alzheimers and everybody thinking they’re just joking around

They took the saying “you’re living in the past” literally

This is beautiful. Warms my heart. I hope this becomes more widespread.

As a memory care unit manager, this is amazing. I wish long term facilities would realize how important these memories are 😍❤️

Can I just say, playing bingo with people with Alzheimer’s and dementia is an absolute wild experience.

Daughter: "You could kiss ray with that breath!" Mother: "I don't want too." If that's not 52 years of marriage idk what is😅

This is precious. This may be the 1st nice thing I’ve seen a city do for humanity in decades.

Her daughter is very special the way she takes care of her mother...

Him: "People make their strongest memories between the ages of 10-30." Me: *Horror flashbacks between 2004-2024*

It's been shown that past memories bring such joy. We need to give them joy.

This is lovely. I’ve spent a good amount of time with people suffering from dementia and there is a lot of frustration for them because they used to be self sufficient and they aren’t anymore. This seems to give them calm and they feel like themselves for longer. It’s a heartbreaking condition but it gives them and their loved ones time and peace of mind.

She said “you’ll such a good man...I’ll keep you”*grabs his hand* ughhh so cute 😍😍

Imagine if they made a nursing home like this, nursing homes are so depressing and a change like this would make the residents happier. edit: holy frickityfrackfrit 3.4k likes?!

Watching this was truly amazing to see what can happen if you embrace what you do have with Alzheimer's. Very touching, both the patients and staff seem to genuinely just enjoying being there. It wasn't people more or less pressured into activities just to have them doing something they don't want to. Rather it felt like they were living their day to day, very comforting I would think

I was able to live with my grandma for the last few years of her life. I helped her with chores and shopping and was mostly just there so she wasn’t alone. It was challenging and stressful but I have such fond memories of the time I had with her. She was so wise and funny. Thankfully she never had dementia.

6:31 "Am i allowed to touch the star?" oh man that was so sweet.

"Is someone else eating here?" "No, just me." "Oh." *looks over at camera man in confusion*

This place is beautiful and it’s their time which is just precious. I want to go there and I don’t even have alzheimers ❤ I bet they live longer when they’re in familiar surroundings and remembering than they do in a strange hospital feeling afraid and alone.

As a CNA I really like the way this facility works and I would love to see a lot more facilities like this in our country. Even the CNAs look happy.

when she hugs Ray and says "What a nice man you are" oh man, my heart shattered i hope one day i'll be as deeply in love with someone as she is with that nice, nice man

I want to live in a 90s town when I am old and watch Nickelodeon, play Mortal Kombat, drink Coca Cola, and eat Gushers all day.

This was so touching omg.

My grandmas Alzheimer’s is declining and she needs a day program. I hope to find something like this ❤ my grandpa is her full time care giver, but he’s 87. It’s emotionally and physically exhausting for him. This would be a welcome relief.

When she started going " doo, doo, do, do, doo " I felt warmth everywhere.

6:30 "Am I allowed to touch the star?" What a beautiful relationship.

My stepfather passed in 2021 after a long struggle with dementia, and we found out how good music was for his mood, it grounded him to a time he knew, rather than his state of confusion. He would sing along, knew all the words, knew who sang the songs, where he was when he first heard the songs. I can't help but wonder what these places will look like for Gen-Xers like me, will they be blasting Nirvana from a jukebox?

This is the best video I've seen in so long... The world needs so much more love and compassion

I worked at a homecare facility for people with Alzheimer's and dementia. This is awesome. They sometimes are living in the past

This is the story captain America didn't want to talk about.

This is kind and thoughtful therapy for these beautiful people.

My grandpa died a couple weeks ago.... he would have loved this place.... Rest In Peace grandpa

My grandmother died of Alzheimer’s last year and my advice to anyone who’s family member is battling this disease is to get out old scrapbooks and photos from when they were younger. Get them to talk about the pictures and just listen. It makes them feel better

We asked my grandma one time if she’s worried about getting Alzheimer’s , it runs in her family , and she said “I hope so I’m tired of all of you” 😭😭😭💀💀💀

God, what incredible staff they have surrounding them. This is beautiful.

My grandma said her “black ass ain’t going back to the 50’s” 😂😂

Say “whatever you desire” Ray: “whatever.. whatever”

They don’t deserve this, a lifetime of memories shouldn’t be possible to forget.

bagledey is literally everything in this short film!!!! thank you, love your work bagel 😘

Alzheimer’s is one of the worst things ever to be. It literally eats away at your brain until you are gone and it does it twice, first when it takes away all of your memory, and second when it takes your life. It makes me tear up writing this and I don’t even know anyone who has it so far but I hope they find a cure

"What a nice man you are-- I'll keep you!!" *grabs his hand and jokingly tries to run off with him* God... She is the cutest little lady I've ever seen

This is one of the sweetest things I’ve seen

The staff's enthusiasm, patience and consistency is remarkably beautiful.

We do it because we know how shitty nursing homes can be. We do it because we know whats best for our parents because we know them best spending the most time with them.. they are the reason we are here. You do it because they are all you have. I had to throw out 3 years of my life from 18-21 because my grandmother broke her femur. She won a lawsuit but i could care less about that. I lost my grandmother... not to death but to immobility.. she became extremely nervous of falling over again. i was taking her to therapy for a year and a half. got her to the point of being able to damn near walk with a cane again at the age of 80+. my grandmother used to be the gran that would just drop by the house without calling and spend time with the whole fam. she was the gran that if she left her house she was guaranteed to come home with some sort of bag fix from any department store, didnt matter. We have now brought her into our home and are gonna sell her house and just take care of her from home now.. just to ease the stress that much more. currently gonna redo the downstairs bathroom and put a walk in shower since we would have to drive her back to her home and shower her there. but like i said we do this out of the kindess of our hearts and thats all i have to say about that.

"how many kids do you have?" "probably around 4" breaks my heart but I gotta laugh

My grandmother’s first assisted-living home had a little taste of this. All their activities took place in an “ice-cream parlor” (within the building) where they’d serve snacks, play games, listen to music, etc. all done up in a 50’s style. I can also attest to older memories being powerful. She was an accomplished pianist and many times we would come to visit and find her playing whole concerts for the other residents. They’d call songs and she would know them by heart, 40, 50, 60 years after she first learned them!

Memory loss is so horrible. The last time I was able to see my grandmother before she passed away she looked at me like a complete stranger and my scrubs I was wearing because I just got off work and didn't have time or gas to drive home 2 towns away. It breaks me still when I think of how she looked at me. And when my mom was passing away I stayed with her taking care of her and sitting with her while she passed. A week before she passed she had forgotten all about me. And she called for my grandmother asking to make the pain stop over and over again (she had passed away at this point). It's heartbreaking beyond words really.

"This Facility Created a 2020's style town" It's just a single room with a bed, a phone and a switch.

Ray: Am I allowed to touch the star?” Her: aww what a nice man you are. I’ll keep you! 🤧