Facility staff and families both struggle to figure out processes for dementia patients, report reveals
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 20, 2024
It’s not just family caregivers who face challenges navigating dementia care — the nation’s healthcare workers also said they had difficulties providing care coordination through a complex healthcare...
Bills prioritizing funding for dementia research and care move forward in Congress
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 19, 2024
Several bills aimed at renewing the nation’s commitment to healthy aging and funding for Alzheimer’s research are moving their way through the legislative process.
Legislation would require training for loved ones seeking legal guardianship of people living with dementia
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 08, 2024
Preparing family caregivers to step into the role of guardian for a loved one living with dementia is the goal of a proposed bill before the Oklahoma Legislature.
Dementia awareness, resident protection at center of 2 bills before lawmakers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 27, 2024
Raising dementia awareness is the goal of separate bills under consideration by lawmakers in Ohio and Georgia.
When it comes to dementia care, words matter, experts say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 27, 2024
Words matter, especially in the field of dementia care, according to a panel of experts who debated the effects of language used in the senior living industry, particularly surrounding memory care.
State updates plan to improve access to dementia care
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 21, 2024
Rhode Island recently unveiled a five-year update to its state plan to improve access to dementia care as well as improve quality of life for those living with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of...
Alzheimer’s Association calls for federal involvement to increase dementia care workforce, training...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 29, 2024
“Congress should consider the steps it can take at the federal level, including expanding the necessary workforce and improving dementia training standards and access,” as part of efforts to “help...
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...
Financial hardship drives unhappiness in people living with dementia, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 05, 2024
A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society reveals just how tough it can be financially to live with dementia.
Older adults at risk for dementia see fast declines in household wealth before dementia onset
By
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,...