An East Texas town wants to revolutionize how the state cares for people living with memory loss

An ambitious project that seeks to establish a new kind of care for Texans living with dementia and Alzheimer’s has won a federal grant, but supporters are still seeking state support. The project is a proposed 54-bed hospital based on a Scandinavian health care model that provides residents with more independence. The $6 million federal grant is dependent on matching state funds. A group in the East Texas town of Quitman is pushing for the facility and thinks it would put Texas on the map for memory loss care. The federal grant is available through the 2025 session, so the group is trying to rally legislative support to get funding by then.