Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the sixth-largest city in Tennessee, is located in central Middle Tennessee some 30 miles southeast of Nashville, is home to roughly 152,800 residents, just 9.3% of whom are seniors ages 65 and up. Like everywhere across the United States, Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia affect a greater number of seniors every year. In Murfreesboro, dementia-related deaths have increased substantially, rising 54% between 2014 and 2018. Murfreesboro’s dementia-related deaths stood at 100 in 2014 and rose to an alarming 154 by 2018. The overall death rate rose just 23.4% over this period.
Fortunately, Murfreesboro is home to many memory care communities that help to slow the progression of dementia and its deleterious effects on the human body. These specialized senior care programs offer around-the-clock secured premises to prevent residents from wandering and therapy and social supports that reduce the unwanted side effects of dementia, such as frustration, memory loss and lack of restraint.Â