Choirokoitia
A Neolithic village of round stone houses, lived in some nine thousand years ago.
A village where people with dementia live, not wait.
An international centre for dementia care, research and learning in the Mediterranean.
A need no country meets alone
Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia.
Alzheimer's Disease International57Mpeople live with dementia.
Nearly 10 million new cases every year, worldwide.
World Health Organization139Mby 2050.
More than double, within a generation.
World Health Organization projection13,600in Cyprus today.
And about 24,400 by 2050.
Dementia Village feasibility study, 2026 estimateNone.No dementia village in Cyprus.
Today the region has to look elsewhere, or go without.
Promoter and adviser research, 2026Ten thousand years of welcome
Cyprus has welcomed strangers since the Stone Age.
The Greek word for it. Love of the stranger.
The mosaics of Paphos
Floors of myth and everyday life, still bright after nearly two thousand years.
The painted churches of Troodos
Mountain chapels whose walls are covered in paintings.
Three UNESCO World Heritage sites. Music, food, gardens and village life are part of the care.
Within reach of three continents
About an hour from the Middle East. Under two from Africa. Four from Europe.
Drag to turn the globe. Flight times from Larnaca are approximate.
EU
A member of the European Union, with EU care standards.
€
The euro.
English
Spoken widely.
Law
A legal system rooted in English common law.
~300
days of sun a year.
Families arrive into communities they already know: Greek, British, Israeli, Arab and Russian-speaking, in households that share a language and a way of life.
One table, many hands
Cypriot and international. Care and research. One table.
Cyprus Third Age Observatory
The voice of older people in Cyprus, the community link and a research partner.
Universities and research
Studying what works, and teaching it.
Medical institutions
Clinical standards, training and a medical panel.
European and Nordic partners
Proven models of dementia care, brought here and built on.
Private partners
Investors, lenders, operators and suppliers who build and run the village.
Families
The reason for the table, with a family council from the start.
A day in the village
07:00
Morning starts at home.
A small household with its own kitchen, its own routine and its own way of life. Breakfast at the pace of the slowest riser.
10:00
The walk to the kafeneio.
A real street with a bakery, a shop and a coffee house, and people who know your name.
13:00
The garden, safe to wander.
Paths that loop back home, inside a safe boundary you never have to see.
16:00
A daughter flies in from abroad.
Family can come any day and stay close by. Visiting is not an appointment; it is coming home.
20:00
Dinner on the terrace.
Music in the square. Another day lived, not waited through.
More than a village
Built around the person, not the patient.
300
rooms on one site, built in two phases of 150.
150
rooms in phase one, all for people living with dementia, half for end-of-life care.
2030
opening, or later.
The architect's concept design will be added when it is ready.
Behind the village
Who stands behind it. How far it has come.
The promoters
Demos and Rodoula Antoniou
With the Cyprus Third Age Observatory, which gives older people in Cyprus a voice.
The adviser
Thriya International
Preparing the feasibility study and the investor pack.
Feasibility studyUnder way since September 2026
ReportFebruary 2027
SiteBeing chosen
Design and licencesNext
Opening2030 or later
The study is under way. The site, the design and the licences come next.
Take a seat at the table
Bring what you have. Take part in what it becomes.
Everyone who builds it has a role in what it becomes, and people across the region benefit.
For professional investors and lenders, under a non-disclosure agreement.
Clinicians, operators, suppliers, researchers and designers: tell us what you bring.