The small city of Burlington, Wisconsin, has nearly 11,000 residents, about 15 percent of whom are comprised of seniors age 65 and over. Of Wisconsin's entire senior community of roughly 957,000 people, about 110,000 seniors have Alzheimer's disease. As the population ages, this number is expected to increase by 18 percent by 2025.
To support local seniors with dementia, Burlington has two memory care facilities, and there are an additional two in the nearby city of Waterford. In Burlington, as in all of Wisconsin, memory care services may be offered in a dedicated facility that focuses solely on dementia care. Alternately, they may be provided in licensed community-based residential facilities that offer specialized services in a specialized unit.