State dementia oversight efforts must include representatives from entire long-term care continuum, experts...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 10, 2024
The potential creation of a permanent state division and advisory committee dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders has won praise from Pennsylvania’s senior living industry advocates,...
Master plan on aging fails to ensure ‘robust’ long-term care continuum that includes senior living,...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 10, 2024
Pennsylvania’s master plan on aging, although well-intended, focuses most of its attention on home care and community services and falls short of ensuring a “robust” long-term care continuum for...
Illinois first state to legislatively mandate Alzheimer’s coverage by state health plans
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 31, 2024
Illinois has become the first state to legislatively enact a requirement for state employee health insurance to provide Alzheimer’s treatment coverage.
Alzheimer’s Association’s new ‘Superhub’ can help providers launch dementia care training programs
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 23, 2024
Senior living and other long-term care providers looking to launch their own dementia care training programs now can turn to the Alzheimer’s Association, which was just named the world’s first Project...
Person-centered care can address social isolation and loneliness
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2024
Social isolation and loneliness gained attention during the COVID-19 pandemic and with a US Surgeon General’s advisory released last year, leading to new programs and ways to address the public health...
More news for Thursday, Jan. 4
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 04, 2024
LCS approved to take over financially troubled CCRC … Senior living provider establishes workforce development endowment … Protecting heart health may prevent dementia … Daily learning test can detect...
Dementia training for first responders required by new Virginia law
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 29, 2024
First responders in Virginia now will be required to undergo training to improve their professional interactions with people living with dementia, as well as their caregivers.
Residents’ chronic conditions could push operators to integrate care, housing: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC — US senior living residents average more than a dozen chronic conditions each, and many residents use high-cost healthcare services, suggesting ways that operators can integrate care...
Research focuses on diagnosing, lessening effects of Alzheimer’s disease
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 28, 2022
More than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, costing the nation $321 billion in 2022, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. A variety of studies and pilot programs are underway...
More news for Tuesday, Feb. 7
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 07, 2023
Sharing COVID-19 stories can help increase vaccination rates … Majority of COVID-19 deaths were among older adults … Healthy lifestyle matters for older adults pursuing quality of life … Rutgers...