Proposed bill would ‘destroy dementia training,’ advocates say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 18, 2023
A proposed bill before the Illinois Legislature would “destroy dementia training” for healthcare providers by reducing education requirements, according to dementia care advocates.
Lawmakers chide HHS for ‘eroding the pathway’ to Alzheimer’s treatments
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 24, 2023
With personal stories of the effects that Alzheimer’s disease has had on them, lawmakers in a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Wednesday called for the federal government to speed up access to treatments....
Bill would require senior living communities to recognize essential caregivers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 14, 2023
A proposed bill in Illinois would allow residents of senior living communities and other congregate long-term care settings to continue receiving essential care from a designated support person despite...
2 bills target stabilizing assisted living funding model
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 08, 2023
Bills aimed at addressing funding in assisted living are making their way through state legislatures in Montana and New Jersey
Advocates ‘appalled’ as CMS again says it will not cover monoclonal antibody treatments for Alzheimer’s
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 24, 2023
Advocates of those living with Alzheimer’s disease are expressing disappointment that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday rejected a request to expand its coverage of monoclonal...
Senior living community fined $10,000 after sending live resident to funeral home
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 07, 2023
An Iowa memory care community is facing a $10,000 fine after wrongly declaring a resident dead and transferring her to a funeral home, where she was discovered alive and gasping for air inside a body bag.
Alzheimer’s research, treatments prioritized in 2 bills taken up by Congress
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 06, 2023
Two bipartisan bills prioritizing Alzheimer’s research and supporting scientists in the development of treatments for the disease were reintroduced in Congress last week.
ARPA-funded projects aim to collect data on assisted living, help retain workers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 02, 2023
Efforts to track data on assisted living communities, retain workers and encourage planning for long-term care are among the projects receiving technical assistance from a national nonprofit to launch...
Agency staffing cost assisted living providers $4 million in one state in 2022: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 04, 2023
Although assisted living communities in Tennessee tapped healthcare staffing agencies less frequently than nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, providers in the sector collectively were on a trajectory...
Alzheimer’s experts throw support behind experimental drug despite adverse events, deaths
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 01, 2022
Alzheimer’s disease experts are throwing their support behind the drug lecanemab, despite reports of two deaths tied to the experimental monoclonal antibody medication.