China’s integrated healthcare development for Alzheimer’s disease

Perennial Holdings has unveiled plans for China’s first Alzheimer’s integrated healthcare center that is focused on care on the 26th of July. The project, Perennial Alzheimer’s Care Village Xi’an (PACVX) is located in Zhouzhi Luguan Eco Cultural Tourist Resort Zone which is just an hour far from Xi’an city center located in Shaanxi Province.

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The cost of investment for PACVX is estimated to be RMB128 millions ($26.3 millions). The land is of 462,850 sq. feet and an area built up of 410,000 square feet. The area is surrounded by beautiful landscapes, mountains, lakes and other cultural sites.

It will include the nation’s largest dementia care center and nursing care hospital as well as a rehabilitation hospital, and an international research institute for elder care. The dementia care center is scheduled to open by 2023, and boasting more than 400 beds. PACVX is expected to have 700 beds when it is completed. Other elements at PACVX will be built in stages.

“PACVX is set to raise the bar for care for people with Alzheimer’s in the nation. It is equipped with a multidisciplinary team of doctors and specially-designed spaces for residents of Alzheimer’s to remain in a normal secure surroundings,” says Khoo Chow Huat chief executive officer of health care at Perennial.

The communal spaces in the dementia care facility will be designed to accommodate familiar locations that residents can go to on a regular basis, like supermarkets, grocery stores or even a post office.

A multi-disciplinary team of specialists made consisting of neurologists, geriatricians and rehabilitation therapists as well as traditional Chinese medicine doctors psychiatrists, nutritionists and nurses will take care of the residents based on their individual needs and requirements, to develop a customized treatment plan.

China is home to more than 15 million senior citizens (aged 60 and over) who suffer from dementia. This is in addition to more than 38 million seniors (aged 60 and over) suffering from mild cognitive impairment by 2021. The number of people with dementia in China is projected to rise to 29 million in 2050, according to the Chinese Research Institute for Aging.

Through PAVCX, Perennial will have more than 50 eldercare and healthcare facilities that will have 11,000 beds operating in over 10 cities across China.