Adult day centers offer caregivers a respite (sandiegouniontribune.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) 4/25/1810:36 PM

A new daycare program for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients in Chula Vista is a miniature three-dimensional 1950s-style downtown designed to spark the long-term memories of its visitors.

Called Glenner Town Square, the 8,500-square-foot village includes 13 storefronts surrounding a faux grass-lined park with benches. It’s built inside a light-industrial building with 24-foot ceilings on Main Street.

Each 3-dimensional building offers interactive experiences. Visitors can watch an old movie while munching fresh-popped popcorn inside the cinema, have a hot lunch in a ‘50s-style diner, browse books in the library, shop for handbags in the boutique, tinker on a real 1959 Ford T-Bird at the auto shop, cuddle shelter dogs at the pet store, get a checkup from a real nurse and visit swaddled baby dolls in the nursery at the hospital.

For a comprehensive listing, written by Pam Kragen, of other licensed adult day programs for the cognitively impaired in San Diego County, please click here.

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