Alzheimer’s disease is not strictly a condition that is prevalent in the U.S., it’s now being considered a worldwide epidemic by many medical experts. But, in some countries, people are coming up with innovative ideas about how society and communities can cope with the situation.
In the U.S., senior living facilities are designed just for older adults, many of which have Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. But, in the Netherlands, there is a new approach the ever-increasing number of seniors needing housing; college students are living with seniors.
The cohabitation idea is ingenious because it has solved the problem of the shortage of housing (and money) for college students, while creating an innovative program to address the social needs of seniors who live alone.
At a nursing home in The Netherlands, college students exchange 30…
