4 percent of those aged 65+ have dementia diagnoses: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 14, 2024
Four percent of US adults aged 65 or more years have a dementia diagnosis, with rates of dementia increasing with age, according to newly released data.
New framework for national plan on aging aims to ease access to LTSS for older adults
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 31, 2024
Creating a more person-centered, accessible system of care to enable older adults to more easily connect with long-term services and supports is part of a strategic framework for a national plan on aging...
Dementia care comes with ‘catastrophic’ costs for older adults, families, study finds
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 25, 2024
Older adults living with dementia, and their families, often face “catastrophic” out-of-pocket payments for assisted living and other types of long-term care, necessitating alternative financing and...
Mortality, hospice use rates differ in assisted living communities depending on whether memory care is...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 04, 2024
Assisted living communities that provide memory care services may attract residents closer to the end of life or promote hospice use at the end of life compared with assisted living communities without...
Facility staff and families both struggle to figure out processes for dementia patients, report reveals
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 20, 2024
It’s not just family caregivers who face challenges navigating dementia care — the nation’s healthcare workers also said they had difficulties providing care coordination through a complex healthcare...
Bill calls for $165 million in funding for Alzheimer’s-related initiatives
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 12, 2024
Bipartisan bills recently introduced in the US Senate and House of Representatives, if passed as written and signed into law, would fund public health initiatives related to Alzheimer’s disease to the...
Financial burden of dementia poses challenges for older adults, caregivers, payers: researchers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 09, 2024
The growing population of older adults brings with it an increased prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Two new papers look at the increasing financial burden on people living with...
More news for Monday, Feb. 5
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 05, 2024
Takeaways from NIC MAP’s fourth-quarter fundamentals release … Use of Medicaid wraparound services by dually eligible individuals varies by service, state … StartUp Health launches global Alzheimer’s...
2023 proved to be a ‘landmark’ year in progress toward treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 15, 2023
The 2023 update to the nation’s roadmap of strategies and actions to address Alzheimer’s disease was released Wednesday, highlighting “landmark” progress made over the past year in understanding...
Health plans ‘like a deer in headlights’ when it comes to addressing dementia costs: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 13, 2023
A new report on how health plan leaders view Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias reveals that despite awareness of skyrocketing costs, health plans are “like a deer in headlights,” unsure how...