Senate confirms Pamela Patenaude as HUD deputy secretary … Pentagon fires chief of Armed Forces Retirement Home agency … Football games encourage memory care residents to exercise … Retirement...
Memory care worker pleads guilty to abuse after co-worker records her interactions with resident
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 11, 2017
A caregiver at a Minnesota assisted living community pleaded guilty to abuse of a vulnerable adult last week after a co-worker recorded her on a cellphone taunting, restraining and swearing at a resident...
8 things your assisted living residents don’t want to hear
By
Evan Thompson
Sep 07, 2017
Serving and caring for older adults can be incredibly difficult. Good communication, however, can keep person-centeredness at the forefront.
Senior living community for football players now set to open in 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 05, 2017
As the regular National Football League season gets underway, the Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced that its 143-bed senior living community for retired professional football players should be complete...
People in the news, Sept. 5
Sep 05, 2017
Appointments, promotions and awards related to Ascension Living, Erickson Living, HCP, It’s Never 2 Late, the National Council on Aging, National Health Investors, StoneGate Senior Living, Watercrest...
Senior living finds time is ripe for focus on food
By
Alyssa Salela
Aug 28, 2017
Operators and companies serving them increasingly are looking to the dining experience as a way to help senior living residents socially, emotionally and nutritionally.
More news for Tuesday, Aug. 22
Aug 22, 2017
Lifetime costs for someone with dementia are $321,780 … Only 18% of Hispanics over 40 confident that assisted living can meet their cultural needs … Sedentary behavior increases risk of death...
People in the news, Aug. 22
Aug 22, 2017
Appointments and honors involving Dominion Senior Living, Erickson Living, Florida Argentum, It’s Never 2 Late, Lenbrook, Transforming Age, Ventas, Waltonwood, Watermark and more.
More news for Monday, Aug. 21
Aug 21, 2017
Despite advance directive, woman with dementia denied her last wish, spouse says … All-terrain wheelchair allows senior living residents to experience the outdoors … Campers from assisted living...
Isakson Living brings new memory care approach to U.S.
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 18, 2017
Park Springs Health Services in Stone Mountain, GA, has opened the first Dementia Care Matters Butterfly Household Model of Care in the United States.