CMS dementia care pilot program to expand care delivery options
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 01, 2023
Assisted living residents may be part of a new Medicare dementia care model that will test an alternative payment for family caregivers while expanding care delivery options to allow people living with...
Mortality, hospice use rates differ in assisted living communities depending on whether memory care is...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 04, 2024
Assisted living communities that provide memory care services may attract residents closer to the end of life or promote hospice use at the end of life compared with assisted living communities without...
Improving ‘state of dementia care’ will require collaboration
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 19, 2024
It’s no secret that the largest population of older adults is about to come knocking on senior living’s door. What worries dementia care expert Teepa Snow is how unprepared operators may be to handle...
Arizona AG asks court to seize control of state’s ‘most notorious assisted living facility’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 26, 2024
Arizona’s top attorney is asking a court to seize control of “the most notorious assisted living facility in Arizona” amidst allegations of elder abuse and consumer fraud.
Certain types of air pollution raise risk of dementia: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 22, 2023
The risk of dementia is greater among people in regions of the US with high levels of a certain type of air pollution, particularly from agriculture and wildfires, according to a new study published in...
More news for Thursday, Jan. 4
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 04, 2024
LCS approved to take over financially troubled CCRC … Senior living provider establishes workforce development endowment … Protecting heart health may prevent dementia … Daily learning test can detect...
Arizona legislators call for more transparency, improved safety in assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 30, 2024
Arizona has joined a growing list of states where governments are calling for more transparency from assisted living communities through legislation following local media reports questioning resident safety...
More news for Friday, July 28
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 28, 2023
Proposed bill would require creditors to dedicate phone lines to help older consumers … People with dementia end up in emerdency department 1.4M times a year: study … Exercise plus cognitive training...
‘Substantial’ decline in dementia rates due in part to higher education levels: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 08, 2022
The prevalence of dementia in older adults in the United States declined 30% between 2000 and 2016, possibly due to rising education levels, a reduction in smoking and better treatment of cardiovascular...
Older adults at risk for dementia see fast declines in household wealth before dementia onset
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 19, 2023
Household wealth, especially financial wealth, declines much more quickly among people with probable dementia in the decade before dementia onset compared with older adults without a dementia diagnosis,...