Bipartisan efforts would accelerate dementia care workforce preparedness, access to care
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 26, 2024
A bipartisan bill that has been introduced would better prepare primary care providers to diagnose disease and care for people living with dementia, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.
State updates plan to improve access to dementia care
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 21, 2024
Rhode Island recently unveiled a five-year update to its state plan to improve access to dementia care as well as improve quality of life for those living with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of...
Accelerated pace of change will continue for senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 04, 2024
The senior housing and care industry has experienced an accelerated pace of change over the past decade — particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic — in areas including technology adoption, workforce...
State tries to remove ‘veil of arbitration secrecy’ in memory care elder abuse case
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 19, 2023
In a bid to remove a “veil of arbitration secrecy,” one state attorney general filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit alleging elder abuse at a memory care facility.
Empowering ‘deeply undervalued’ caregivers would improve ‘lifeline for older adults’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 28, 2024
Direct care workers and family caregivers remain “deeply undervalued” and often overlooked despite calls for investment in the care economy, according to the authors of a new report.
2023 proved to be a ‘landmark’ year in progress toward treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 15, 2023
The 2023 update to the nation’s roadmap of strategies and actions to address Alzheimer’s disease was released Wednesday, highlighting “landmark” progress made over the past year in understanding...
NHI performance better than expected thanks to record rent repayments, occupancy gains
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 09, 2023
National Health Investors’ third-quarter results exceeded its expectations, due to strong rent collections, record repayment of rent deferrals and no unexpected rent concessions for operators, according...
Two senior living operators recently entered settlement agreements after discrimination complaints were filed alleging age and disability discrimination or violations of immigration laws.
Bill calls for $165 million in funding for Alzheimer’s-related initiatives
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 12, 2024
Bipartisan bills recently introduced in the US Senate and House of Representatives, if passed as written and signed into law, would fund public health initiatives related to Alzheimer’s disease to the...
Assaults on healthcare workers now carry enhanced criminal fines
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 12, 2023
Michigan is the latest state to codify protections for healthcare workers assaulted on the job, which one senior living association said will positively impact the state’s workforce shortage problem.