Lately, it takes a lot to get a smile from Tamila Kazimov. The 74-year-old from Lakeway, Texas is suffering from oral cancer and mild dementia.
Business briefs, March 1
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 01, 2022
White House takes aim at private equity ownership of nursing homes … Bill would require cameras, minimum staffing levels for assisted living communities … Omega Healthcare Investors enters 3-year agreement...
Certain antihypertensive agents may aid cognition in elderly
Jun 21, 2021
Memory recall is better for up to three years with blood-brain barrier-crossing renin-angiotensin drugs versus nonpenetrant counterparts.
Rural seniors focus of Kentucky program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 26, 2016
A $2.55 million grant will enable the Institute for Sustainable Health & Optimal Aging at the University of Louisville, KY, to create the Kentucky Rural & Underserved Geriatric Interprofessional Education...
Operator agrees to shutter memory care unit after resident wanders outside, dies
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 05, 2019
An Indiana senior living community where a resident with dementia wandered outside and later died has agreed not to operate a memory care unit for two years.
3-D games may help aging seniors maintain cognitive abilities
By
John O'Connor
Dec 11, 2015
In addition to improving eye-hand coordination and reaction time, these games also may help people who lose memory as they age or suffer from dementia.
McKnight’s Senior Living Online Expo is tomorrow!
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 12, 2018
The virtual doors to the second annual McKnight’s Senior Living Online Expo will open at 10:30 EDT tomorrow, Wednesday, June 13.
Memory care community sanctioned after resident elopes, freezes to death
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 07, 2018
A Wisconsin memory care community has been fined $4,200 and is prohibited from accepting new residents after a resident with dementia wandered outside and froze to death in December.
Legislation with $425 million increase for Alzheimer’s headed to president’s desk
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 27, 2018
An appropriations “minibus” funding bill that includes a $425 million increase for Alzheimer’s and dementia research funding at the National Institutes of Health is headed for the White House after...
Assisted living community settles wrongful death lawsuit after arguing immunity due to COVID
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 10, 2022
A wrongful death lawsuit against a Wilmington, NC, assisted living community over the alleged beating death of one resident by another has been settled out of court, according to a media report.