The Utah bill that would require assisted living communities to grant resident requests to install monitoring equipment in their rooms soon will be headed to the desk of Gov. Gary Herbert, where the bill’s...
$2.9 million study will seek ways to detect dementia earlier
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 04, 2019
Researchers from Florida State University will use a $2.9 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health to try to discover earlier ways to detect and treat age-related...
Nation’s second law for resident cameras in assisted living rooms gets closer
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 20, 2016
Utah could become only the second state to require that assisted living communities grant requests from residents or their representatives to operate or install cameras in resident rooms if a bill being...
Monday is standard deadline for McKnight’s Tech Awards
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 28, 2024
Monday is the standard deadline for the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program.
$625,000 stipend will continue work to alter perceptions of aging, dementia
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 05, 2016
Anne Basting’s work to improve older adults’ quality of life and change perceptions related to aging and dementia recently received a big boost in the form of a $625,000 “genius grant”...
Hospital admissions cut 17% in Brookdale pilot program
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 23, 2016
Hospital admissions among assisted living residents in 46 Brookdale Senior Living communities decreased 17% in a three-year pilot program funded by a $7.3 million Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
Following the promising results of a small pilot study, senior living provider Ecumen said it will be incorporating light therapy into a care program that emphasizes managing dementia without highly sedating...
Universities study robots to help senior living residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 15, 2017
Independent living and assisted living communities are serving as testing grounds as researchers try to develop robots that humans can trust and respond to as companions and caregivers. Researchers hope...
Save HCBS-related ACA provisions, LeadingAge and other advocacy groups tell Trump
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 11, 2017
Improving access to Medicaid home- and community-based services is a critical provision of the Affordable Care Act that has bipartisan support and should remain intact even if the healthcare law is repealed...
Providers build a ‘nursing pipeline’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 17, 2016
Senior living providers are forging relationships with educational institutions to try to ensure sufficient numbers of professional caregivers for the future.