Stupid, unnecessary prediction: By 2035 at least 12% of all living individuals will be dealing with moderate to severe dementia related conditions. By the same date, roughly 1% of all individuals will be living in cognitive “intentional communities”.
(And yes, high hundreds of millions to a billion+). Also yes, it’s completely incomprehensible right now.
First U.S. ‘Dementia Village’ Recreates A Happier Time – 2017
As Cases Soar, ‘Dementia Villages’ Look Like the Future of Home Care
As Cases Soar, ‘Dementia Villages’ Look Like the Future of Home Care – Same place as above, bizarrely the same title, but different text.
Alzheimer’s villages could be the answer to the rising cases—and cost—of dementia
Is it time to rethink how we care for dementia patients?
Dementia Care: What in the World is a Dementia Village?
Welcome to the desert of the real (I always blanch at this scene because while it’s a brilliant construct, especially the “welcome to the desert of the real” line when the thunder booms, the underlying plot points are pretty terrible).
I get asked occasionally why I’m so critical of psychiatric/philosophical constructs in neuroscience and this is why. Psychiatry does not create physiological etiologies, only philosophical ones. And those philosophical etiologies are why we are on this road.