{
  "id": 18499888,
  "title": "Karnataka: Smriti Gram to offer free residential care to 100 vulnerable elders with dementia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/karnataka-smriti-gram-to-offer-free-residential-care-to-100",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-06T12:55:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/smriti-gram-to-offer-free-residential-care-to-100-vulnerable-elders-with-dementia/article71674177.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Nightingales Medical Trust (NMT) has inaugurated the first phase of Nightingales Smriti Gram, an integrated dementia care village in Thirumagondanahalli, near Doddaballapur in Bengaluru Rural district. The facility will offer free residential care to 100 elders with dementia from economically disadvantaged and vulnerable backgrounds. The Trust envisions Smriti Gram as an integrated dementia care model, bringing together residential care, caregiver training, research, and innovation on a single campus. The initiative aims to provide a dementia-friendly environment that enables residents to live with dignity, maintain social connections, and participate in meaningful activities.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}