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The appropriateness of boarding home care for persons with Alzheimer's disease

Tania Jo Hathaway, BA, is research assistant at the Aging Research and Policy Unit, Human Services Development Institute, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine. characteristics of Alzheimer's, and appropriate placement depends in part on the degree to which the disease has progressed. One important consideration in effectively caring for persons with Alzheimer's must be the customization of the living arrangement to meet the specific needs of the individual with Alzheimer's. One such tailored living arrangement is a boarding home currently under construction as part of the Alzheimer's Project of Kennebec Valley in Gardiner, Maine.' Designed (and eventually, staffed) to meet the special needs of persons with Alzheimer's, this boarding home is believed to be the first of its kind built specifically for this purpose. It is scheduled to open in February 1988. This article profiles individuals who were assessed by the Geriatric Evaluation Unit