‘Dementia villages’ needed to prevent ‘next housing crisis’

Minister of State for Older People Jim Daly

Minister of State for Older People Jim Daly is seeking state funding for developers to build ‘dementia villages’.

The growing number of people suffering from dementia, as life expectancy increases, is leading to many living for decades in nursing homes.

Daly is seeking to develop a middle option so that people with dementia would be able to live in purpose-built villages.

But he believes state funding is required to make it viable for ...