Jean Makesh, the CEO of three nursing homes for people with dementia, has a novel approach to helping residents live comfortably. His homes are designed with a mid-1940s resort aesthetic in a bid to reduce anxiety and depression.
Makesh’s three Lantern care home locations in Ohio each have a specially designed “memory-care wing” in which the environment attempts to replicate the familiar surrounds of the neighborhoods or vacation spots that residents grew up with, thereby helping alleviate some of the confusion, fear, or panic they may experience as a result of dementia.
