Aggressively reducing Alzheimer’s risk factors could mean 1.2 million fewer disease in 2050: experts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 15, 2021
Adopting an aggressive plan to reduce risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias by 15% per decade could result in 1.2 million fewer people living with the disease in 2050, according...
Older adults’ failure to plan is an opportunity for senior living operators
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 18, 2022
Older adults say they want to age in place, but very few have done much to prepare to do so, according to a new survey. That lack of planning, however, may present an opportunity for senior living providers.
AARP calls for assisted living oversight, expanded care options following neglect violations
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2023
Recent emergency evacuations and license suspensions at four South Carolina assisted living communities over accusation of “squalid conditions” and neglect have led one state organization to call for...
72 percent of middle-income older adults won’t be able to afford assisted living by 2033: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 01, 2022
More than 11 million older adults (72%) will not be able to afford assisted living by 2033, and they likely won’t qualify for Medicaid to pay their long-term care needs either, according to a new analysis...
Collaboration targets elevating the value of nursing
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 03, 2024
In an effort to help improve job satisfaction and retention rates for nurses, no matter where they work, a collaboration between the AARP and the DAISY Foundation aims to recognize the value of nurses.
Cheaper housing driving interstate moves among retirees
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 24, 2023
More retirees are moving from one state to another in search of less expensive housing, and they have their sights set on Florida, according to a retirement relocation trend report.
AARP Livability Index a ‘powerful tool’ for senior living operators, residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 19, 2022
An online tool rating community livability could be a “powerful tool” for senior living operators and prospective residents and their families, according to the organization behind it.
Broad range of stakeholders unite in promoting veterans’ pilot program
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 06, 2024
Senior living provider groups have joined a broad range of other stakeholder groups in urging inclusion of a veterans pilot program into a legislative package under consideration by lawmakers.
‘Granfluencers’ taking to social media to ‘show off’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 07, 2021
Although many older adults have broadened their horizons when it comes to technology during the pandemic, some have upped their game by becoming “granfluencers” on social media, according to new research.