{"id":903384,"date":"2026-09-20T22:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T22:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/903384\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T22:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T22:36:14","slug":"video-why-dementia-villages-could-be-the-future-of-long-term-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/903384\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Why \u2018dementia villages\u2019 could be the future of long-term care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;It looks like a small town&#8217;: The number of people over the age of 80 in Ontario is set to soar, and advocates say one housing concept could help us prepare for the demographic shift<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"closer look logo\" id=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/closer-look-logo-728x90.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The excerpt above is from a recent <a data-ga-action=\"OutboundLink\" data-ga-category=\"OutboundLink\" data-ga-label=\"http:\/\/closerlookpodcast.ca\" href=\"http:\/\/closerlookpodcast.ca\/?utm_source=closer%20look&amp;utm_campaign=closer%20look%3A%20outbound&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Closer Look<\/a>\u00a0podcast interview with\u00a0Laura Tamblyn Watts, the CEO of CanAge, a national, non-partisan organization that works to improve the lives of older adults through advocacy, policy and community engagement.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, she discussed the concept of &#8220;dementia villages&#8221; \u2014 and how they could revolutionize the future of long-term care.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the full interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.closerlookpodcast.ca\/latest\/video-ontarios-population-is-only-growing-older-whats-our-plan-11963547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;It looks like a small town&#8217;: The number of people over the age of 80 in Ontario is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,312484,84,392],"class_list":["post-903384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dementiaalzheimers-diseasecanagelaura-tamblyn-wattsscott-sexsmithmichael-friscolanticloser-lookdementia-village","tag-health","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}