Ohio task force recommends new dementia training requirements
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 09, 2018
Memory care communities in Ohio would face new employee training requirements, and “respite care” would get a new definition, if a task force’s recommendations become law.
New law devotes full-time resources to people with dementia, caregivers, workforce
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 23, 2021
Kentucky is devoting full-time resources to individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia under a measure signed into law last week.
Dementia crisis response, caregiver respite focus of new Wisconsin laws
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 23, 2016
Three new laws in Wisconsin aim to provide respite care relief for caregivers and help health practitioners, counselors, social workers, county health officials and law enforcement officers better respond...
Law requiring dementia training for healthcare professionals is unprecedented, Alzheimer’s Association...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 14, 2018
Healthcare professionals who treat adults in Massachusetts will be required to undergo training related to Alzheimer’s disease under a new law signed Thursday by Gov. Charlie Baker.
Wisconsin: Dementia bills pass committees
Feb 07, 2016
Wisconsin lawmakers are considering 10 bills designed to aid those with dementia, although senior living groups oppose one of the measures.
New Alzheimer’s task force will examine assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 12, 2019
Assisted living will figure squarely into the work of a new Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Task Force created in the Buckeye State under S.B. 24, which Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) has signed...
New law requires dementia-specific training for assisted living staff
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 14, 2022
Colorado lawmakers recently passed legislation mandating dementia-specific training for professional caregivers in assisted living communities and some other long-term care settings.
Utah’s Silver Alert program to go into effect later this year
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 09, 2019
Utah’s Silver Alert program, designed to help locate older adults with dementia who are missing, was signed into law by Gov. Gary Herbert on March 21 and is expected to go into effect later this year.
Proposed bills would create new standards for staff dementia training
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 09, 2021
Creating a standard of dementia training for assisted living and other caregivers is the goal of proposed legislation in Florida, but a senior living organization says that not targeting training by population...
New state laws emphasize dementia training, background check database access
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 22, 2019
S.B. 827 adds dementia training to the continuing education component for physicians and nurses in Connecticut, and S.B. 832 facilitates easier public access to the databases used for background checks...