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Risk for Alzheimer’s dementia lower with treated versus untreated HTN
Aug 14, 2024
The all-cause dementia risk was greater for those with treated and untreated hypertension compared with healthy controls.
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.
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.
Prevalence of homebound 22 percent in national Medicare Advantage plan
Aug 12, 2024
Homebound status linked to increased odds of ED visit, inpatient admission, skilled nursing-facility admission, mortality
Alzheimer’s prognosis models should expand data sources
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Kristen Fischer
Aug 12, 2024
Integrating data from nursing home electronic health records (EHRs) and claims in addition to the minimum data set (MDS) — data required for nursing home residents — could be better than just relying...
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...
HbA1c stability tied to lower risk for Alzheimer disease and related dementias
Aug 08, 2024
The findings were seen in a large study of older veterans with diabetes.