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Re:Dementia Villages by everdrive on Monday November 25, 2019 @12:34PM (#21630555)
It's a very apt description. Masking the term "dementia" with innuendo is only necessary if people believe the term has a negative connotation.
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Re:Dementia Villages by jessriedel on Monday November 25, 2019 @12:44PM (#21630668)
I basically agree, but note you don't need to use innuendo. You can just name it "River Falls Village" or something, and then put "Dementia care facility" underneath. Likewise, the city of Edmonton, Alberta exists for resource extraction (especially oil sands) in Northern Canada, but they don't call it "Oil Extraction City".
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Re:Dementia Villages by tyingq on Monday November 25, 2019 @01:09PM (#21630977)
The facilities they run don't appear to have the word "Dementia" in them. It's just the name of the company that designs and builds them.

See this one, called "Hogeweyk Care Centre": https://hogeweyk.dementiavillage.com/en/

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Re:Dementia Villages by jessriedel on Monday November 25, 2019 @01:16PM (#21631047)
Ahh, makes more sense. Thanks.
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