5 October 2012 Last updated at 07:11 ET <\/p>\n
A retirement village in Wales with an on-site dementia centre is planned for farmland in Monmouthshire. <\/p>\n
The 33m Grove Community project at Llanfoist, near Abergavenny, would be capable of housing 100 residents and could create up to 250 jobs. <\/p>\n
The continental-style centre would offer one-to-one care and be financed by pension funds and a Swiss bank. <\/p>\n
Ben Jones, the man behind the venture, said it was aimed at keeping couples and families together. <\/p>\n
We hear all the time about partners being taken from their loved ones and situated miles away, so having a dementia unit will mean a lot to a lot of people <\/p>\n
“Should one partner develop dementia, they’ll not be that far away for the other partner to visit on a daily basis,” he said. <\/p>\n
“We hear all the time about partners being taken from their loved ones and situated miles away, so having a dementia unit will mean a lot to a lot of people.” <\/p>\n
Other elements of the project include a swimming pool in the barn, a restaurant alongside the lake and medical centre in the farmhouse. <\/p>\n
Of the 225 bedrooms, flats and cottages, 100 will be sold to private individuals with the rest being offered to the state sector, including NHS patients. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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