New assisted living database designed to enable operators, lenders to compare communities nationwide
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 05, 2018
A new assisted living and memory care quality database by Formation Healthcare Group and Vision LTC has completed beta testing and has been launched publicly to a limited number of organizations, the companies...
Memory care will be big growth area in 2018, senior living leaders predict
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 14, 2018
Memory care will be the biggest growth area in senior living and long-term care in 2018, predict executives participating in Lancaster Pollard’s “2018 Seniors Housing and Care Survey,”...
CDC: Those who reach 65 can expect to live almost 20 more years
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 29, 2017
Older adults who reach the age of 65 in the United States will live an average of 19.4 years longer, according to a data brief recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s...
Dementia risk can be reduced even in late life: report
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 20, 2017
Older adults who stop smoking, treat their depression or diabetes if they have either, and increase their physical activity and social contact can reduce their likelihood of developing dementia, according...
Senior living executive settles in $3.9 million SEC fraud case
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 12, 2017
A South Carolina businessman has settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission after being charged in January in a $3.9 million fraud case for allegedly diverting investor funds meant to buy or renovate...
Senators pledge to fight proposed NIH budget cuts
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 29, 2017
Cutting the National Institutes of Health budget by $5.8 billion as proposed by President Donald Trump would be a setback to dementia research and “is the last thing we should do,” Sen. Susan...
Creating an innovative yet practical approach to memory care
By
Jennifer Ingerson
Mar 08, 2021
Loretto has focused on memory care for decades, and over the past five years, we embarked on one of the biggest undertakings of our history to create an innovative and yet practical solution to a major...
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...
Focus On briefs: Resident security
Jun 06, 2022
HealthPRO Heritage adds enterprise partnership service; Dementia residents in LTC suffered outsized pandemic mortality spikes; AI could shape future rehab therapy
Boomer poll: Senior living tops home for dementia care
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 19, 2019
Older baby boomers’ top choice of where to live if they were to have dementia is a senior living community, according to the results of a new LeadingAge–NORC poll revealed Monday at the LeadingAge...