Spotlight on smart lock highlights ways families, senior caregivers can keep those with dementia safe
By
Aaron Dorman
Sep 11, 2023
A smart lock for dementia highlights recent tech aimed at monitoring and keeping senior family members safe.
Increasing workforce, providing training top Alzheimer’s task force goals
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 31, 2023
Increasing the workforce and providing dementia competency training are among the recommendations from a Missouri task force on Alzheimer’s care.
Assisted living liability claim costs continue to top skilled nursing costs: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 18, 2022
The average cost of liability claims across all aging services settings has increased since 2018, with assisted living claim costs continuing to exceed those in skilled nursing, according to a new report...
RecallCue wins Gold for dementia clock
By
Foster Stubbs
Nov 11, 2022
Gold in the Tech Partner of the Year category of the 2022 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards goes to RecallCue, an internet-connected day clock meant to combat the effects of dementia.
App that completes sentences for dementia patients a big winner
By
Aaron Dorman
Jun 21, 2023
An Amicus Brain Innovations virtual speech assistant will utilize artificial intelligence to echo a “modified,” more cohesive version of a users’ impaired speech.
The importance of the life story in memory care
By
Beth Sanders
Dec 01, 2016
Knowing residents’ life stories is critical for staff members who care for those with Alzheimer’s disease or other memory or communication challenges.
Caregivers cannot stop, fix or change dementia
By
Laura Wayman
Aug 10, 2017
Managing expectations leads to meaningful moments, powerful connections and purposeful and fulfilling relationships during dementia care.
Future of promising Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi could depend on access to data reporting, analysis:...
By
Aaron Dorman
Feb 16, 2024
Organizations must have clearer guidelines as to how data on lecanemab will be collected, pooled and studied, policy experts say.
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...
Lawmakers turn up heat on CMS to expand access to Alzheimer’s treatments
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2023
Medicare needs to reconsider its national coverage decision on FDA-approved Alzheimer’s drug treatments, bipartisan members of the House told Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita...