Fear and Neighbors With Alzheimer’s

NIMBY and Memory Care.  It’s a new one.  Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist Jon Tevlin has a column today about a Woodbury, Minn., neighborhood that has some residents that are opposing memory care housing.  Ecumen is a consultant to the developer .  Some have expressed fear of having their kids live near people with Alzheimer’s. 

I’ve seen NIMBY (not in my backyard) cases related to building size, traffic, parking, etc., but never because of fear with people with Alzheimer’s.  Has anyone else ever seen that?