Study looks to optimize care interactions between assisted living staff, residents for better outcomes
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 02, 2024
The Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Care Provider Roundtable has awarded $250,000 in grant funding to Anju Paudel, PhD, RN, at Pennsylvania State University to fund research aimed at optimizing care...
Meet Christine Slater, 2024 Spirit Award winner
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Foster Stubbs
Jul 02, 2024
Christine Slater, caregiver at HomeWell Care Services in Worthington, OH, is a Spirit Award winner in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Meet Carol Gordon, 2024 Spirit Award winner
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Adam Healy
Jun 30, 2024
Carol Gordon, resident care associate at The Village at Willow Crossings in Waltham, MA, is a Spirit Award winner in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Meet Danuta Jurgowska, 2024 Spirit Award winner
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 30, 2024
Danuta Jurgowska, registered nurse at Preakness Healthcare Center in Wayne, NJ, is a Spirit Award winner in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Building a ‘destination workplace’ in long-term care requires diverse investments, active listening...
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 28, 2024
Faced with today’s complex array of financial, staffing and regulatory challenges, senior living and other long-term care providers across the care continuum must rely on an equally broad range of solutions,...
Empowering ‘deeply undervalued’ caregivers would improve ‘lifeline for older adults’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 28, 2024
Direct care workers and family caregivers remain “deeply undervalued” and often overlooked despite calls for investment in the care economy, according to the authors of a new report.
Educating policymakers about senior living important, provider says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 27, 2024
Once Merrill Gardens President Tana Gall found her voice in advocacy, she said, she became “attached” to telling senior living’s story.
New York unveils animatronic pet, intergenerational game initiative to combat loneliness
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Foster Stubbs
Jun 25, 2024
The New York State Office for the Aging will deliver 4,725 animatronic pets and games to older adults through the state’s aging network. The move is part of phase 6 of its animatronic pets initiative...
Senior living operator opens state’s first elder abuse sanctuary, part of a growing network
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 25, 2024
With statistics showing that one in 10 older adults in the United States is a victim of elder abuse, Delaware is joining a growing network committed to sheltering those victims and helping them on the...
People in the news, June 25
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Eliza Mattson
Jun 25, 2024
Appointments, promotions and other news at The Aspenwood Company, Brookdale Senior Living, Ebenezer Senior Living, Grace Management, the Granger Cobb Institute, Invesque, The Jewish Home Family, Juniper...