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They also have these in the US. My grandfather was in a home that had a whole 1940s small town-type setting in the backyard area complete with bus stop, sidewalk, and a little bit of fake street.
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"Tragically sad?" This is brilliantly creative, and much more humane than keeping them under lock and key or in restraints.
It's a brilliantly creative solution to the problem, but that does not change the fact that the situation is tragic and sad.
Meanwhile, the visiting tourist is wondering why no bus has come in hours... lol
http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/bern/Pflegeheim-realisier...
(Link leads to a German article.)
Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Tragically sad?" This is brilliantly creative, and much more humane than keeping them under lock and key or in restraints.
It's a brilliantly creative solution to the problem, but that does not change the fact that the situation is tragic and sad.
OT, but that is one hell of a hierarchical URL
http://www.theiacp.org/tabid/1007/Default.aspx?id=1665 appears to point to the same page, so the long URL might just be SEO.
Or more directly, do they keep doing this with the same patient?
In a way I find this kind of manipulation tragically sad, but in reality the true tragedy is the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's. I'm glad nursing homes have figured out a way to mitigate some of the problems until scientists can cure or prevent Alzheimer's for good.
Sadly this only works in places where public transportation is effective and has been so for a long time.
My opinion about "it's sad": Alzheimer is not very sad for the pacients, but for their families. The patients, like my grandfather and grandmother, don't really know they _have_ it, and they don't really care. They still have 100% functional feelings and experiences. Just their short time memory will let them forget anything very soon. But old memories persists.