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“As (Alzheimer’s) progresses, what you often get is reminiscing, people talking about the past,” said Dr. Michael Mullan, executive director of the Roskamp Institute, a Sarasota research center focused on diseases of the mind. “They might talk about what they did in the 1950s, or even in the 1990s and 1980s and so on. It’s an interesting feature of the disease.”
A new type of senior center coming to Sarasota this summer uses a 1950s aesthetic to help seniors struggling with cognitive decline find joy through those easily recallable memories.
The facility, called Town Square, is a day center for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia designed with a 1950s theme. Florida TS1 LLC, a franchisee of Town Square, announced last week that it is bringing an 11,120-square-foot location to the Oaks Plaza shopping center at 3880 Central Sarasota Parkway. Construction will begin this month, and the center is expected to open over the summer.