Kisco enhances benefits for full-time employees … Bill would require law enforcement to undergo training to work with people living with dementia … Legislation would expand protections for evicted...
Silent sentinels
By
Julie E. Williamson
May 11, 2017
Operators are adopting innovative, unobtrusive and increasingly silent security solutions that can be tailored to meet the needs of each resident in your community.
Moving more may help older adults maintain memory, study finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 18, 2019
Staying active in old age may help memory and thinking, according to a study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Bipartisan group pushes CMS to expand coverage for Alzheimer’s treatments
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 21, 2023
Access to federally approved monoclonal antibody and other disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer’s disease will be “extremely limited” unless the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reconsiders...
FDA approves first treatment for Alzheimer’s in 18 years
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 07, 2021
The first novel therapy for Alzheimer’s disease in almost two decades was approved today by the Food & Drug Administration.
$21.8 million study to examine exercise/brain health link in older adults
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 08, 2016
Independent living community residents most likely will be part of a five-year, $21.8 million study of the connection between exercise and memory and brain function as people age, the project’s leader...
Lack of medication leads to death of resident with dementia, lawsuit maintains
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 30, 2017
Staff members at a Florida senior living community failed to give medication to a resident with Alzheimer’s disease for eight days, which ultimately led to her death, the woman’s daughter maintains...
Dementia, affordable housing advocates cheer spending bill provisions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 23, 2018
Supporters of Alzheimer’s disease-related health promotion, dementia research, falls prevention and affordable housing are cheering provisions contained in a $1.3 trillion, 2,232-page fiscal year...
More news for Tuesday, Jan. 17
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 17, 2023
Light therapy in long-term care can aid sleep rhythms, but results depend on various factors … Cannabis-related ER visits on the rise among older adults: study … Many seniors lack clear eyesight, even...
Mortality, hospice use rates differ in assisted living communities depending on whether memory care is...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 04, 2024
Assisted living communities that provide memory care services may attract residents closer to the end of life or promote hospice use at the end of life compared with assisted living communities without...