Assisted living providers can take steps to address workforce shortages, quality, Alzheimer’s Association...
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 22, 2024
As federal lawmakers ponder ways to address workforce shortages and quality in senior living communities and other long-term care settings, the Alzheimer’s Association and its advocacy affiliate, the...
Well-being could be the path to improved dementia prevention and care: report
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 01, 2024
Increasing well-being may be a promising nonpharmacological approach to preventing dementia, and among people already living with dementia, well-being may be improved through environmental changes and...
Alzheimer’s Association calls for federal involvement to increase dementia care workforce, training...
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 29, 2024
“Congress should consider the steps it can take at the federal level, including expanding the necessary workforce and improving dementia training standards and access,” as part of efforts to “help...
Memory care certification launches for assisted living communities
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 12, 2023
The Joint Commission, in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Association, has launched a memory care certification program for assisted living communities.
43 recommendations help fill gap in medical and mental healthcare guidance for assisted living, experts...
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 03, 2022
Forty-three recommendations from a new study will guide medical and mental healthcare in assisted living, the authors say.
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...
Greenspace exposure could improve cognitive function
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Lois A. Bowers
May 02, 2022
A new study adds to increasing evidence that exposure to greenspace can help improve cognitive function.
U.S. News launches ‘Best Senior Living’ program
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 07, 2021
U.S. News & World Report has launched a “Best Senior Living” initiative with the goal of releasing inaugural listings for consumers in the first quarter of 2022. The program will cover individual...
McKnight’s 40 for 40: Loren Shook
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Lois A. Bowers
May 04, 2020
Say “memory care” and the first company to come to mind for many industry professionals is Silverado. And when they think of Silverado, they think of Loren Shook, the man who co-founded the Irvine,...
Senior living occupancy falls slightly in first quarter as industry braces for COVID-19 impact
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 10, 2020
Senior living occupancy fell slightly in the first quarter, according to NIC, but the data do not yet reflect the effects of COVID-19. Meanwhile, a new report from Marcus & Millichap predicts how senior...