Would you recommend 'Dementiaville' for LTC planning?

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Long-term care (LTC) planning is one of the most sensitive areas of advice to give to a client, particularly where Alzheimers is concerned.

People with Alzheimers in some cases lose their short-term memory and revert back to their long-term memories, believing they are still living in that period. But is it right to encourage Alzheimers suffers in that belief? In Switzerland, a debate is raging over that very issue. A new retirement village for Alzheimers sufferers is being build near Bern which will purposefully recreate a classic 1950s village. However, the illusion at this village goes even further. Carers working in the £17m sheltered accommodation village will be disguised as gardeners, hairdressers and shop as...

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