Resident choice improves dementia care, experts say
By
Emily Mongan
Aug 04, 2015
Care providers need to offer residents with dementia meaningful roles in creating their own care plans, experts advised Monday at the Pioneer Network Conference in Rosemont, IL.
Alzheimer’s misdiagnoses running up big Medicare bills
By
Emily Mongan
Jul 28, 2015
Medicare beneficiaries who receive a misdiagnosis of Alzheimer’s could amass between $9,500 and $14,000 in additional medical costs each year until they are correctly diagnosed, according to a new...
Hospice care varies from assisted living, home settings: study
By
Emily Mongan
Jul 27, 2015
Assisted living residents starting hospice care may be closer to death than people receiving the same care at home, new research has found.