Madison County is located in the west-central region of Mississippi and has a population of about 105,000 people, about 13 percent of whom are aged 65 and over. In this county, it's projected that over 13 percent of the seniors who receive Medicare benefits have Alzheimer's or dementia.
In Madison County, as in all of Mississippi, memory care facilities are situated within licensed personal care home-assisted living facilities. These facilities must have separate Alzheimer’s disease/dementia care units and meet special requirements regarding staffing, staff training and facility design standards. Madison County is home to three memory care facilities, including two in Ridgeland and one in the city of Madison.