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...
‘Going back to where we were is not an option’: LeadingAge CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 25, 2021
As legislators negotiate places to trim President Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better plan, putting the needs of older Americans “on the chopping block” would be “one of their greatest failures...
Design adaptations lower COVID-19 risk in senior living: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 17, 2020
As senior living communities return to a new normal, the American Institute of Architects has unveiled post-pandemic design adaptation strategies for retrofitting existing senior housing.