Workers arrested, community barred from accepting new residents after reports of dementia ‘fight club’ … Embattled guardian accused of not reporting $100,000 in payments from assisted living community...
Exercise may worsen cognitive impairment in those with dementia, study finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 18, 2018
Moderate to high-intensity exercise does not slow and in fact may hasten cognitive decline in older adults who have dementia, according to the results of a study published Wednesday in The BMJ. The findings...
The return of antipsychotics?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 29, 2015
Could new research have senior living providers reconsidering the use of antipsychotics in their communities?
McKnight’s Senior Living Newsmakers Podcast with Jill Ricker
Nov 08, 2021
Jill Ricker, director of operations for SAIDO Learning at Covenant Living, explains to McKnight’s Senior Living Editor Lois Bowers the SAIDO program for people living with dementia — what it is...
Daily low-dose aspirin has no effect on healthy life span in older adults: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 17, 2018
Daily low-dose aspirin did not prolong healthy, independent living — that is, life free of dementia or persistent physical disability — in a large clinical study undertaken to determine the risks and...
More news for Thursday, Feb. 8
Feb 08, 2018
CMS answers FAQs related to HCBS Medicaid beneficiaries with dementia … AHCA/NCAL and ACHCA partner for administrator credentialing, including assisted living … Senate funding bill contains...
Assisted living employee charged with raping resident with dementia
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 12, 2017
An employee of a Missouri assisted living community has been charged with first-degree rape, a felony, after he allegedly had sex with a 74-year-old female resident who has dementia.
Bipartisan bill would create Office of Alzheimer’s Disease
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 05, 2019
An Office of Alzheimer’s Disease would be created in Florida under a bill introduced Monday in the state House of Representatives by Rep. Matt Willhite, a Democrat, and Rep. Scott Plakon, a Republican.
$5 million verdict against assisted living community follows elopement, death of resident
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 22, 2017
A California jury has returned a $5 million verdict against an assisted living community where a resident with dementia eloped and subsequently died.
Silverado Bellingham to open in late 2016
Oct 01, 2015
The multimillion dollar community has been designed to serve up to 80 people living with Alzheimer’s, dementia and other memory-impairing conditions.