Study: Interventions, training could reduce ED visits for residents with dementia
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 28, 2016
Targeted interventions and falls prevention training could help reduce hospital emergency department visits among assisted living residents who have dementia, according to the authors of a newly published...
$2.9 million study will seek ways to detect dementia earlier
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 04, 2019
Researchers from Florida State University will use a $2.9 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health to try to discover earlier ways to detect and treat age-related...
Boomer poll: Senior living tops home for dementia care
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 19, 2019
Older baby boomers’ top choice of where to live if they were to have dementia is a senior living community, according to the results of a new LeadingAge–NORC poll revealed Monday at the LeadingAge...
Home Care briefs for Wednesday, March 10
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 10, 2021
Many with dementia outside of nursing homes take risky combinations of medicines … Medicare paid 50% more for neurology drugs over five years while claims rose only 8% … American Board of Telehealth...
More news for Friday, March 10
Mar 09, 2017
Senate advances Trump’s Medicaid, Medicare pick … Opinion: How the Republicans’ Obamacare replacement puts Medicaid in jeopardy … American Health Care Act passes through another...
$100 million Alzheimer’s bill unanimously passed by Senate committee
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 30, 2018
A bipartisan bill that would authorize $100 million in funding over five years to create a public health infrastructure to combat Alzheimer’s disease was passed unanimously by the Senate Health Committee...
More news for Monday, June 19
Jun 19, 2017
Senior living community names resident with dementia ‘Employee of the Month’ … Senior living sculpture will celebrate generations … Residents may lose entry fees in assisted living...
More news for Wednesday, Jan. 10
Jan 10, 2018
Senior living and other employers brace for loss of immigrant workforce … Why Louisville is becoming America’s aging capital … Bill to support family caregivers heads to president’s...
Assisted living worker convicted of raping resident
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 22, 2017
A former caregiver at a California assisted living community has been convicted of raping an 83-year-old resident with dementia, according to a media report.
More news for Thursday, Oct. 29
Oct 28, 2015
Developer of rejected assisted-living proposal sues zoners … Sued over tax rebate, city admits it underpaid senior living complex … Man gets prison for stealing TVs at senior complex …...