Life plan community to provide dementia de-escalation training, simulations
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 05, 2022
A Virginia life plan community will use a local grant to train emergency responders and older adult service providers on dementia behavior de-escalation practices, while also exposing their staff to what...
Memory care program brings everyone along on residents’ ‘Journey’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 28, 2024
A senior living healthcare consultant went “back to basics” with the rollout of a person-centered memory care neighborhood model that standardizes its approach to care delivery, practice and management.
HCBS bill provides ‘sorely needed’ solutions to care choice, workforce issues
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 10, 2023
A new bill seeking to expand and permanently fund home- and community-based service programs — including those provided in assisted living — is “exactly what’s needed” to begin to solve the...
New York launches its first ‘master plan for aging’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 08, 2022
Building healthy, livable communities that provide opportunities for older adults to thrive is the goal of New York state’s first master plan for aging, adopted Friday.
Test program will assess senior living residents’ appetite for personalized wellness resources
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 18, 2022
Washington, DC-based Knollwood Life Plan Community has begun testing the viability of a holistic wellness program among 150 residents and their adult children.
Direct care workforce could be hit by bill restricting public assistance
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 18, 2023
A new bill creating new restrictions on food assistance and Medicaid eligibility could have unintended consequences on Iowa’s direct care workforce, according to senior living advocates.
Assisted living provides value, satisfaction in long-term care continuum, industry advocates say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 26, 2024
The assisted living industry is fighting back against growing scrutiny over staffing challenges and what consumer groups and the lay media say is a cost structure that prices many older adults out of services...
Assisted living community at center of resident poisoning deaths now fighting state license revocation
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2023
An assisted living community at the center of accidental poisonings that resulted in the deaths of three residents is fighting California’s move to revoke the community’s license over the incidents.
Scholarship program helps CCRC recruit, retain employees
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Max Bachmann
Jul 07, 2023
A senior living community in Florida awarded $44,000 educational scholarships last month to 22 of employees and dependents of employees.
Act prioritizes fight against Alzheimer’s disease with state plan
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 12, 2023
South Carolina’s adoption of a state Alzheimer’s plan is a “step forward,” according to senior living advocates.