In-person visits, communication keys to reducing stress in family of residents with dementia: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 06, 2021
Prioritizing in-person visits, communication and bereavement support can help reduce stress for families of people living with dementia in long-term care facilities, according to a new study.
Diversity, equity, inclusion effort aims to build pipeline of leaders for long-term care industry
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 28, 2021
ATLANTA — LeadingAge is embarking on a formal collaboration with the United Negro College Fund and historically black colleges and universities with a goal of establishing a pipeline for new talent into...
‘Exploding’ number of renters highlights need to expand affordable senior housing program: Urban...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 27, 2021
The Urban Institute is calling for an expansion of the federal Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly program, pointing to projections that the number of adult renters will increase by 5.5 million...
$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...
Labor union questions Welltower plans
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 01, 2016
A labor union on Thursday expressed concerns related to Welltower’s plans to use a RIDEA structure to lease properties it plans to purchase from Vintage Senior Living, but one of the REIT’s...
Supreme Court denies former Assisted Living Concepts CEO’s petition
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 28, 2016
Former Assisted Living Concepts CEO Laurie Bebo cannot challenge in federal court the constitutionality of the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission’s use of an administrative law judge while a proceeding...
Meet Tammy Retalic, Hall of Honor inductee
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James M. Berklan
Jul 06, 2020
Tammy Retalic, chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care services, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, is a member of the 2020 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Hall of Honor.
Legislation supports development of dementia strategic plan, training
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 19, 2021
One bill under consideration in the Indiana Legislature would require the state to develop a dementia strategic plan, and another outlines training for first responders who encounter people with Alzheimer’s...
Age is not just a number
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 12, 2018
Until we as individuals and as a society view age and aging more positively, one can’t blame a man for asking a court to make him legally younger.
Administrator, nurses charged with manslaughter for resident deaths after Hurricane Irma
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 27, 2019
Four former employees of the now-closed Florida long-term care facility where 12 residents died in 2017 after a power outage related to Hurricane Irma knocked out the facility’s air conditioning were...