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Changes in movement may indicate preclinical Alzheimer’s disease
Jul 02, 2021
Changes in daytime fractal motor activity regulation may occur in women before cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.
Family availability impacts formal, informal dementia care
Sep 08, 2021
“The development of a care system that integrates informal with formal care has been considered essential for a sustainable healthcare system, especially one providing dementia care,” the authors...
Life expectancy decreasing, CDC says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 15, 2018
Life expectancy in the United States decreased in both 2015 and 2016, marking the only decreases in the past 20 years and the first consecutive two-year decline since 1964, according to a new report from...
COVID-19 falls from America’s No. 1 killer to No. 7 by June
Jul 01, 2021
COVID-19 deaths have fallen sharply as vaccination rates have surged in recent months.
Several states consider requiring adult changing stations in certain buildings
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 03, 2020
Legislators in several states are considering requiring adult changing stations to be installed in certain locations to benefit caregivers and older adults living with Alzheimer’s disease, those who...
Legislators scramble to clarify new dementia training requirements
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 07, 2020
Legislators in New Hampshire have been scrambling to clarify new minimum training requirements for workers in assisted living and other settings caring for residents with dementia after a bill with the...
Senior living workforce, affordable housing priorities included in House appropriations proposal
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 01, 2022
Workforce development, dementia care and affordable senior housing are among the funding priorities affecting senior living included in the proposed House appropriations bill.
California governor announces Alzheimer’s task force, calls for ‘master plan on aging’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 13, 2019
The governor of the country’s most populous state called for a new “master plan on aging” and announced a new Alzheimer’s task force, to be headed by a celebrity, Tuesday during his first State...
Senators pledge to fight proposed NIH budget cuts
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 29, 2017
Cutting the National Institutes of Health budget by $5.8 billion as proposed by President Donald Trump would be a setback to dementia research and “is the last thing we should do,” Sen. Susan...