Care home staff build replica village in Suffolk for dementia sufferers

This replica village high street has been built at a care home in Suffolk for people suffering with dementia Credit: SWNS

A replica village, complete with shops, a post office and a village green, has been built to help dementia sufferers help bring some of their memories.

The village green with replica shops is at Baylham Care Centre between Ipswich and Needham Market, in Suffolk.

The village boasts a butcher's, bakery, greengrocer's, sweet shop, haberdashery and post office, all designed to look like shops from the 1950s - when many of the residents were young adults.

Manager Sandie Oxborrow said reminiscing about the past was important when dealing with dementia. Speaking to the Daily Mail, she said:

One of the rooms inside has been transformed into a train station waiting room Credit: SWNS

The care centre's aim was to establish a familiar village green setting that many patients could relate to.