The amount of adults living with dementia is unfortunately on the rise. With worldwide diagnoses expected to triple by 2050, it’s difficult to imagine the impact the disease will have on social and health care industries around the globe.


Dementia is a chronic syndrome that leads to a decline in cognitive functioning. The term is used broadly to describe a spectrum of symptoms, including forgetfulness, impaired judgment, and faulty reasoning. It can be caused by the neurogenetic disease Alzheimer’s, a stroke, or nerve cell damage.


There’s currently no known cure for dementia, and the science behind the disease is tragically not well understood.


But leaders at Sodalis Senior Living are paving the way for change and addressing the needs of dementia patients through innovative non- clinical programming.


Traci Taylor-Roberts is the president of Sodalis Senior Living. Headquartered an hour northeast of San Antonio in San Marcos, Texas, her communities have adopted an engagement- based approach for seniors in the early stages of dementia.


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The Bridges is a solution-driven initiative to address the growing needs of residents coping with cognitive and psychological decline.


“The Bridges was just kind of meeting a need that we saw in the industry, where we saw assisted living people and we saw high-acuity memory people. But it seemed like the high-functioning dementia residents were just kind of lost in the gap.”


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