Billings, Montana, is home to just over 100,000 people, and 16.2 percent them are over the age of 65. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 20,000 people in Montana live with Alzheimer’s disease, and 10 percent of them residing in Billings. These seniors are accommodated by five memory care facilities within city limits. In Montana, memory care may exist within assisted living facilities as separate units or may be standalone facilities specializing in Alzheimer’s and dementia.Â
Rated the number one hospital in Montana, the Billings Clinic partners with other health-care providers to engage communities in discussions on how to improve dementia outcomes in health care. Seniors residing in Billings may also be happy to know that an organization called Dementia-Friendly Billings was recently formed to create a sympathetic city for people living with dementia through outreach and education.Â