[NPInfo] Another Alzheimer's question

[O2BAFNP at aol.com]

Diane,
 
There are some long term facilities that have Alzheimer wings which serve  as 
better environments than traditional long term care settings.  Dale is  the 
medical director of a nursing facility with such a wing.  He says that  it is a 
locked facility where patients can be physically active in a protected  
environment and can spend time with "like" residents.  His experience  is that 
people with similar memory/behavioral issues tend to tolerate each other  better, 
as compared to residents without similar issues.  
 
Teresa