Montville, New Jersey, is part of the New York City-Newark metro area and has a total population of 21,681, 16.2 percent of whom are age 65 or older. Some of these seniors are among the estimated 600,000 New Jersey citizens with Alzheimer's or other dementia-related diseases. To provide the requisite care for these seniors, there are two memory care facilities in Montville and 27 more in nearby neighborhoods, such as Wayne and Fairfield.Â
In Montville and the rest of New Jersey, memory care units are often housed with assisted living facilities, but staff members undergo additional training as required by the state licensing agency, the Department of Health and Senior Services.