May 28, learn how to help residents combat loneliness and boredom
May 18, 2020
Because of COVID-19 restrictions, residents of senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities are even more at risk than usual for social isolation, loneliness and boredom. In a May 28 webinar,...
$16 million, 5-year study will test artificial intelligence in senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 29, 2017
IBM and the University of California San Diego on Thursday announced a $16 million, five-year collaboration that will test how artificial intelligence, or AI, can be used to help detect mild cognitive...
COVID testing program uses artificial intelligence to maximize limited resources in senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 12, 2021
A somewhat rare use of artificial intelligence in senior living is helping an operator maximize limited resources by predicting the severity of COVID-19 symptoms in residents to determine who should be...
Researchers develop ‘Fitbit on steroids’ for people with dementia
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 06, 2016
Researchers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology have developed what they are calling a “Fitbit on steroids,” a wearable sensing device that can track the activities and behavior...
Senate leader promises coronavirus relief this week as U.S. cases, deaths increase and senior living...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 18, 2020
As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads in the U.S. and senior living companies face increasing challenges, the Senate on Tuesday did not vote on a relief bill passed by the House. Senate Majority...
Exercise may worsen cognitive impairment in those with dementia, study finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 18, 2018
Moderate to high-intensity exercise does not slow and in fact may hasten cognitive decline in older adults who have dementia, according to the results of a study published Wednesday in The BMJ. The findings...
Learn more about falls prevention at the McKnight’s Senior Living Online Expo on Thursday
Jun 14, 2021
A session titled “Understanding and reducing falls in senior living communities,” will conclude the fifth annual McKnight’s Senior Living Online Expo on June 17. Additional sessions will cover electronic...
Big senior living stories of 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
Next Online Forum shares how to adapt telehealth, pest control during pandemic
Sep 01, 2020
The effects of pandemic telehealth and pest control in senior living and skilled nursing will be the focus of the McKnight’s Online Forum, COVID-19 Update VII, on Thursday, Sept. 10. Attendees can...
51 percent of tweets about dementia contain stigma: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2017
Fifty-one percent of tweets by private users of Twitter accounts contain comments that are stigmatizing when they mention dementia or the people who have it, according to a recently published study.