The Memory Box contains tactile activities, puzzles, and aroma and music therapy elements for patients of dementia and Alzheimer's. Submitted photo

From left, Ethan David and Luke Gilligan show their product, The Memory Box, which they created for an entrepreneurship course at Grove City College. Their business, Resense, has grown significantly and seeks to help dementia patients. Submitted photo

A team of Grove City College entrepreneurship majors took their school project to the next level, and helped patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s in the process.

What started as an assignment sophomore year for Ethan David, of Mars, and Luke Gilligan, of Fishers, Ind., became a passion project and business venture as they sought to help dementia and Alzheimer patients.

Their business, Resense, sells boxes of items contributing to the care and wellness of dementia patients, and they plan to take the idea a step further.

“We wanted to create something for patients to do with family, to engage them and spend time with them,” David said.

“I got to volunteer with care communities giving respite care, so I took the background knowledge from the caregivers’ point of view,” Gilligan said. “One thing that broke my heart was how individuals were treated. We wanted to create a senior-based product that gave them the respect they deserve.”

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