App aims to improve communication, care coordination
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 16, 2017
A personal experience with a relative with dementia inspired high school student Logan Wells and his family to develop an app to help improve communication and the coordination of care among professional...
Man gets 14 years for role in sexual assault scheme involving residents with dementia
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 04, 2017
A man involved in a scheme to sexually assault residents of an Illinois assisted living and memory care community was sentenced to 14 years in prison Friday.
May 28, learn how to help residents combat loneliness and boredom
May 18, 2020
Because of COVID-19 restrictions, residents of senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities are even more at risk than usual for social isolation, loneliness and boredom. In a May 28 webinar,...
Assisted living, memory care, middle market among priority areas for provider group in 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 05, 2020
Working to keep the regulation of assisted living at the state level, helping ensure full funding for programs for memory care residents, and advocating for financing reform to help middle-income older...
Assisted living caregivers arrested after resident with dementia reportedly restrained with duct tape
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 16, 2018
Two caregivers at a Florida assisted living community were arrested after one allegedly used duct tape to restrain and silence a resident who has dementia and the other allegedly knew about but did not...
Presidential candidate Klobuchar shares experience with assisted living as Minnesota legislation heads...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 21, 2019
As legislators in her home state of Minnesota passed a landmark bill related to assisted living and memory care, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, seeking to win the Democratic nomination in the race for president,...
Memory care approach cuts antipsychotic med use in more than 50% of residents: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 18, 2019
A person-centered approach to memory care led to the reduced or discontinued use of off-label antipsychotic medications in more than half of the residents of 53 long-term care communities, including assisted...
Former caregiver gets six-month sentence after resident’s freezing death
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 16, 2017
A former caregiver at a Michigan assisted living and memory care community was sentenced to six months in prison Tuesday for her role in the death of a resident with dementia who froze to death after exiting...
‘Replace denial with proposal’ on long-term care, House committee told
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 15, 2019
Congress must “replace denial with a detailed, bipartisan legislative proposal on long-term care” to address the needs of a growing older population facing high costs for healthcare and housing, Robert...
Community cited for neglect after resident’s fall not discovered for 10 hours
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 30, 2018
The operators of a Minnesota assisted living and memory care community say they took “swift and immediate action” after a resident’s fall reportedly went undetected for 10 hours and she...