Laws shielding healthcare professionals seeking mental health services could lead to protections in senior...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 29, 2024
Although new laws in Georgia that create so-called safe-haven programs to protect healthcare professionals who seek mental health services are geared mainly toward physicians and nurses, backers say that...
Grief care efforts should include settings outside of hospice, provider group says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 03, 2024
If standards are developed for high-quality bereavement and grief care, they must apply to settings outside of traditional hospice care, such as affordable senior housing, where there is a “critical...
Tragedy prompts senior living company to develop mental health awareness in staff
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 15, 2023
Shortly after acquiring a Florida senior living campus, LifeStar Living was faced with the death of a resident by suicide. Looking back, a company executive said, the tragedy was a catalyst for the firm...
Hobbies, travel, ‘extreme’ sports top retirement ‘bucket lists’ for older adults
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 16, 2023
More than 40% of US adults have “bucket lists” of goals they want to achieve in retirement, including ones that they believe support their overall mental health, according to the results of a recent...
Telehealth access mitigates anxiety in assisted living residents: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 14, 2024
Telehealth appeared to mitigate anxiety during the pandemic for assisted living and nursing home residents with higher pre-COVID anxiety, and ensuring telehealth access during potential future pandemic...
Loneliness can have negative consequences for both mental, physical health: studies
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 11, 2024
Two newly published studies on loneliness take different approaches to identifying how loneliness affects older adults, but both draw similar conclusions that its negative effects include both mental and...
More news for Thursday, Jan. 4
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 04, 2024
LCS approved to take over financially troubled CCRC … Senior living provider establishes workforce development endowment … Protecting heart health may prevent dementia … Daily learning test can detect...
DOJ: People with serious mental illness unnecessarily segregated in assisted living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 16, 2024
Nebraska is “unnecessarily” segregating people who have serious mental illness in assisted living communities and day programs, violating federal disability laws, according to the Justice Department.
Addressing senior living caregivers’ childhood trauma improves outcomes for workers, residents: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 14, 2024
Senior living and care employers can reduce the negative effects of childhood trauma experienced by frontline caregivers by building nurturing relationships and safe workplaces, according to a new report.
Pandemic lockdowns had ‘profound’ effect on senior living residents’ families: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 17, 2023
Constantly changing guidelines, fractured communication and being abruptly cut off from loved ones in nursing and residential care homes had a “profound” effect on the physical and mental health of...