When Chris Braley first heard about the concept of Dementia Friendly communities in 2016, he thought St. Albans was the “best community I know of to try to bring this to.”

Braley, co-founder of Braley Care Homes, a memory care facility in Hurricane, thought a training seminar in Charleston would be about how nursing homes can help people with dementia. But the trainer was talking about a town, he realized. Boys Basketball

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“She’s talking about an entire community,” he said. “It was like a light bulb went off in my head. I’d never even thought of that before.”

Braley, a St. Albans resident, went to the city government — including now-Delegate Walter Hall, R-K

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