From space station to Broadway play: Senior living residents get to travel in virtual reality program
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2021
Senior living residents in Bakersfield, CA, are getting a chance to immerse themselves in fantasy travel and adventures from the comfort of home as participants in a virtual reality program supported by...
Memory care occupancy increasing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2018
Occupancy in memory care increased in the third quarter, somewhat reversing from a downward trend that had begun in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to National Investment Center for Seniors Housing...
More news for Thursday, Nov. 14
Nov 14, 2019
Dec. 5 is deadline to comment on Labor Department’s proposed fluctuating workweek method of computing overtime … Citing eagerness from states, CMS announces plans to issue guidance on Medicaid block...
Alzheimer’s Texas latest group to break off from national association
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 13, 2016
The Alzheimer’s Association chapter formerly known as the Capital of Texas Chapter has separated from the national organization and is now known as Alzheimer’s Texas, its leaders announced...
Community on provisional license; 2 former leaders face felony charges, for not reporting abuse
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 23, 2022
A Pennsylvania senior living community is operating on a provisional license and two now former administrators are facing multiple felony charges after it was found that the administrators did not report...
Fish intake tied to MRI burden of cerebrovascular disease in seniors
Nov 04, 2021
Higher fish intake is linked to lower cerebrovascular disease burden based on brain MRI markers, especially among participants younger than 75 years.
People in the news, Nov. 17
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 17, 2020
Appointments, promotions and news at Capital Senior Living, Ingleside, Healthcare Management Partners, LeadingAge DC, LeadingAge New Jersey & Delaware, Ohio Living, Retirement Unlimited, Sabra Health Care...
Assisted living ‘ignored’ in COVID-19 discussions, expert tells Senate Aging Committee
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 22, 2020
Although assisted living communities are home to residents who “are completely just as vulnerable” as nursing home residents to COVID-19, “we sort of tend to ignore them in these situations” because...
More news for Wednesday, March 8
Mar 07, 2017
AHCA/NCAL says Seema Verma ‘pragmatic leader we need at CMS’ … Alzheimer’s $259 billion cost could break Medicare … Head injuries can lead to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s...
Memory care has ‘strong year,’ but sector still ‘faces challenges’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 19, 2019
Occupancy may be on the way up from the bottom for both stand-alone memory care communities and other memory care units, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care. The sector...