Pandemic challenges raise concerns about assisted living’s ability to care for cognitively impaired...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 15, 2024
Exacerbated challenges faced by memory care assisted living communities during the COVID-19 pandemic may have contributed to the increased use of antipsychotics and antidepressants, raising concerns about...
CCRC program bridges gap between assisted living, memory care for residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 14, 2024
A full memory support program with a growing waiting list prompted one continuing care retirement / life plan community to create a program that bridges the gap between assisted living and full memory...
Researcher eyes assisted living as base for testing AI-powered dementia screening technology
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 14, 2024
A research-based startup is looking to assisted living providers as it works to commercialize its artificial intelligence-powered platform to improve the dementia screening process.
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 14, 2024
Update to HUD financing program supports construction of affordable housing … Morning Pointe of Greeneville earns deficiency-free health licensure survey … Lack of purpose, personal growth may precede...
Dementia care education equips staff to create better interactions, outcomes
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 13, 2024
Senior living communities should invest in dementia care education to better equip staff members with the skills they need to create better interactions and outcomes.
Personalized health coaching may improve cognition, lower dementia risk in high-risk older adults
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 13, 2024
Personalized dementia risk reduction intervention plans improved cognition and reduced dementia risk among high-risk older adults in a study detailed recently in JAMA Internal Medicine.
COVID-19 continues to affect leading causes of death in US: CDC
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 12, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic radically altered the rankings of the leading causes of death in the United States in 2020, and although COVID ranks lower on the list of causes in 2023, its effects continue to be...
CDC releases new profile of assisted living residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 09, 2024
Residents living in assisted living and other residential care communities in 2022 mostly were female (67%), white (92%) and 85 or older (53%), according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control...
Increasing accountability, improving regulation standards focus of Delaware bill package
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 07, 2024
New laws in Delaware aim to increase accountability and improve regulatory standards in assisted living communities and nursing homes.
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 07, 2024
American Healthcare REIT ‘off to a great start’ as publicly listed company … Life plan community first to achieve Purple Flag for Dementia Care reaccreditation … Capstone project outlines challenges,...