Sonoma is a very popular tourist town of just over 11,000 people in California's Napa Wine Country. At least 28 percent of Sonoma's people are seniors age 65 and over, many of whom have some form of dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease or advanced stages of Parkinson's disease.
Sonoma's eight memory care facilities have trained staff to look after seniors with memory impairments. All residential care facilities in California are licensed at the state level by the California Department of Social Services Adult Care Licensing Program, which inspects the assisted living, skilled nursing and memory care facilities it monitors.