Study: Technology helps decrease antipsychotic use in residents with dementia
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 09, 2016
Use of touchscreen computers with interfaces tailored to residents’ interests and abilities can result in a clinically significant decrease in the use of antipsychotic drugs among those with dementia,...
GAO has good points in how, why antipsychotics are given
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 04, 2015
The government recognizes the progress made in nursing homes with reduction of antipsychotics for residents with dementia, but also notes many who live in assisted living are receiving the drugs. It’s...
Opening Minds through Art at Jewish Home Family
By
Haymarket Media
May 21, 2018
Jewish Home Family says the Opening Minds through Art program has improved the well-being of residents, given new perspectives to staff and bolstered community relations.
Hippocampal atrophy linked to cognitive decline in older adults
Nov 17, 2023
The association was independent of Aβ and tau and accounted for 10% of the variance in cognitive decline.
Knowledge of cognitive status: Good for care, not for decline
Sep 02, 2015
Primary care physicians given information on a patient’s cognitive status provided more care focused on cognition, but that care had no effect on the overall rate of the patient’s cognitive...
Age of Disruption Tour dates announced
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 21, 2015
The 21-state tour will begin March 28 in Santa Fe, NM, and will end Nov. 18 in Houston.
CDC updates report on assisted living community characteristics
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 05, 2019
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics sheds light on the characteristics of the 28,900 assisted living and similar residential care...
BMI declines seen seven years before cognitive impairment diagnosis
Nov 02, 2022
However, after diagnosis, BMI declines at the same pace in people who develop or do not develop dementia.
Hasbro’s Joy for All brand acquired by Ageless Innovation
May 17, 2018
A group of former Hasbro employees has launched Ageless Innovation LLC, buying Hasbro’s Joy for All line of animatronic pets with plans to develop additional products to stimulate and foster meaningful...
The latest findings on drinking and dementia are causing quite a buzz
By
John O'Connor
Mar 08, 2018
Here’s the problem I have with so many new studies: It seems that every one of them is soon offset by a different investigation that serves up a very different message.