Lantern of Chagrin Valley in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, has interior courtyards and corridors were planned to look like tiny houses with front porches looking out over a golf course, according to an article on the Country Living website.
The facility was designed for patients with dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
The look is deliberately reminiscent of a small town in the 1930s and '40s — even the paint colors are from those decades
The "sky ceiling" features fiber optics that mimic daylight and starry skies, depending on what time it is. The floor is painted green like grass, bird-chirping sound effects play in the background, and artificial plants dot the common spaces. At night, "porch" lights turn on outside residents' rooms.
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