Artificial intelligence, MRI combination achieves 94% accuracy in predicting dementia
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 09, 2021
A form of artificial intelligence combined with MRI scans of the brain predicted with 94% accuracy whether individuals with a specific type of early memory loss would go on to develop Alzheimer’s diseases...
Caregiver retention strategies that work
By
Levi Pavlovsky
Mar 11, 2021
Before we can develop strategies to keep caregivers in the home care field, we need to understand why they are leaving.
Strong, silent type
By
Julie E. Williamson
Oct 01, 2017
Bold yet unobtrusive resident security solutions go the distance.
Home care providers virtually hit Capitol Hill to push telehealth, Medicaid increase, higher wages
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 23, 2021
Wednesday was a day for the record books at LeadingAge. In a virtual march on Washington, 440 association members, representing 5,000 nonprofit aging service providers, swarmed Capitol Hill to lobby for...
Long-term care industry veteran plans to invest up to $40 million annually in ‘real solution’ to...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 02, 2022
Workforce shortages have been an issue for senior living and other long-term care providers for more than 20 years. But the pandemic finally prompted one senior living professional to put his money where...
Green spaces associated with less frailty in older adults: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 02, 2018
Green spaces are good for the frailty status of older adults, according to a study published in the latest issue of JAMDA: The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. The authors hope the study...
Holiday Retirement community managers are moving out
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 28, 2017
The live-in managers of Lake Oswego, OR-based Holiday Retirement senior living communities are moving out as the company changes its management model to a more traditional one.
A drug problem
By
John Hall
Apr 01, 2016
Managing medications poses complex challenges in senior living
Earnings calls wrap-up: Invesque, Capital Senior Living
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 12, 2021
Companies focus on portfolio management among costs and labor availability pressures.
Pandemic was ‘ignition switch’ to underscore quality-of-life issues for residents, staff: experts
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 20, 2022
Indoor air quality is one of the most significant factors in creating a healthy environment in senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities, according to panelists who spoke during a McKnight’s...