Palm Desert, California, is a senior-friendly community of 53,000 people set between Palm Springs and Indio, in the Southern California High Desert. An impressive 33 percent of Palm Desert's residents are seniors age 65 and over, and for those with Alzheimer's disease or dementia, the town's nine memory care facilities make a safe, stimulating home for those living with cognitive impairments.
Residential care facilities for seniors with Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, advanced forms of Parkinson's disease and other types of dementia are licensed through the California State Department of Social Services Adult Care Licensing Program, which monitors and reports on conditions at specific properties in Palm Desert and the rest of the state.