Assisted living providers can take steps to address workforce shortages, quality, Alzheimer’s Association...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 22, 2024
As federal lawmakers ponder ways to address workforce shortages and quality in senior living communities and other long-term care settings, the Alzheimer’s Association and its advocacy affiliate, the...
Visionary Alzheimer’s forecasting software gets FDA approval
By
Aaron Dorman
Jan 30, 2024
A newly regulated Alzheimer’s software tool offers clarity on whether the condition is likely to progress to dementia in someone with mild cognitive impairment.
More news for Monday, March 18
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 18, 2024
Invesque continues to sell SNFs in shift to predominantly private-pay properties … Assisted living, healthcare settings account for more than half of US waterborne disease exposures … CMS releases...
Life plan community adopts Montessori Method to create person-centered memory care program
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 24, 2021
Creating meaningful routines, organizing activities based on interests and building a supportive environment with memory cues is the framework for a Grand Rapids, MI, life plan community implementing the...
Another reason to stay together: a reduced dementia risk
By
John O'Connor
Sep 10, 2019
Forget the trope about bickering old couples constantly at war. It turns out that staying married may actually help stave off the effects of depression.
More staffing, training could reduce deaths from dementia-related resident-on-resident incidents, researcher...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 11, 2018
Addressing staffing and training issues could help reduce the number of deaths from resident-on-resident incidents involving assisted living and nursing home residents with dementia, says the author of...
Ohio task force recommends new dementia training requirements
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 09, 2018
Memory care communities in Ohio would face new employee training requirements, and “respite care” would get a new definition, if a task force’s recommendations become law.
Alzheimer’s misdiagnoses running up big Medicare bills
By
Emily Mongan
Jul 28, 2015
Medicare beneficiaries who receive a misdiagnosis of Alzheimer’s could amass between $9,500 and $14,000 in additional medical costs each year until they are correctly diagnosed, according to a new...
House passes bipartisan bill to protect seniors
By
Joe Jancsurak
Oct 08, 2020
The bipartisan Promoting Alzheimer’s Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act (S.3703/H.R. 6813) legislation, championed by the Alzheimer’s Association and Alzheimer’s Impact Movement (AIM), was unanimously...
Possible catch-22 identified in right-to-die states
By
John O'Connor
Nov 21, 2016
More states are passing right-to-die laws laden with strict eligibility rules that could cause complications for seniors and their caregivers.