Keswick plans multi-year, $65 million project to move to household model, add assisted living memory...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 10, 2023
A multi-year, $65 million capital project will transform the residential areas of Keswick’s long-term care campus to the “household” model and expand services to include assisted living memory care,...
CCRC uses interactive gaming system to improve residents’ quality of life
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 23, 2021
A Fairfax, VA, continuing care retirement community is among the first in the nation to use an interactive gaming system with microchip-based technology designed to improve the quality of life for older...
U.S. News launches ‘Best Senior Living’ program
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 07, 2021
U.S. News & World Report has launched a “Best Senior Living” initiative with the goal of releasing inaugural listings for consumers in the first quarter of 2022. The program will cover individual...
Light and sound therapy may fend off memory and cognitive damage for chemo patients
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 08, 2024
A combination of light and sound therapy may be able to counteract the problems in the brain caused by chemo, new research shows.
Recommendations to reduce disparities in dementia care due in 2021
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 09, 2020
Final recommendations on ways to reduce disparities in dementia, which were developed during a stakeholder roundtable sponsored by the Milken Institute Alliance to Improve Dementia Care, will be released...
Provider faces lawsuit over resident’s freezing death as assisted living industry finds itself on the...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 25, 2024
The family of a woman with dementia who wandered outside of her memory care unit and froze to death is suing the community for negligence in failing to prevent her death.
Anthem making progress under LTC Properties’ watchful eye
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Lois A. Bowers
May 11, 2018
Anthem Memory Care continues to make progress on community occupancy and leadership stability, LTC Properties’ Chairman, President and CEO Wendy Simpson said Thursday during a first-quarter 2018...
Assisted living providers to face increased regulation from bill headed for governor’s signature
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 08, 2024
A bill expected to become law and targeting assisted living reform in Arizona addresses some best practices long touted by industry experts, but it also brings an increase in regulations for providers.
Report: Integrated memory care, assisted living communities a ‘major trend’
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 20, 2019
New research explains why integrated memory care and assisted living communities, with dedicated memory care wings, are a “major trend” among developers and investors.
From space station to Broadway play: Senior living residents get to travel in virtual reality program
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2021
Senior living residents in Bakersfield, CA, are getting a chance to immerse themselves in fantasy travel and adventures from the comfort of home as participants in a virtual reality program supported by...