New ‘Memory Farm’ Offers More Active Style of Dementia Care

When Johanna Jameson began exploring memory care as a research subject for her doctoral dissertation, she returned time and again to gaps in care service, and the difference between physical needs and cognitive ones. Jameson, a care consultant at Alzheimer’s Association out of their national office in Chicago, recognized that the care industry too often […]

Bill Gates Personally Invests $100 Million to Fight Dementia

In a pair of $50 million investments announced Monday, billionaire Bill Gates is joining the fight against dementia, with a focus on Alzheimer’s. The first $50 million — which Gates announced on his blog — will go to Dementia Discovery Fund to help “diversify the clinical pipeline and identify new targets for treatment.” The second […]

Provider Boosts Memory Care Results with Focus on Routine Tasks

The demand for Alzheimer’s care has doubled in the last 20 years, and the population of those needing care is expected to nearly triple in size in the next few decades, according to data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). To meet this demand, memory care providers are developing evidence-based programs […]

4 Innovative Approaches to Memory Care

This complimentary eBook is brought to you by: Memory care is not what it used to be. With nearly 5 million people living with Alzheimer’s disease in the U.S., memory care providers are leading the charge to improve the well-being and quality of life for affected individuals. To serve this growing memory care population, providers […]

Not a Prison: Design Tips for Calmer Memory Care

Six out of 10 people with dementia will wander and risk becoming disoriented, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. In senior housing settings, disorientation can lead to exit-seeking behaviors, which can increase anxiety, hostility toward others, fatigue and elopement. But for new as well as established memory care communities, there are design elements that can help […]

60 Minutes: Alzheimer’s Trial Holds Out Possibility of ‘Routine Prevention’

One family with a history of a single genetic mutation traced back to the early 1900s in Colombia may give the rest of the world some answers about the neurodegenerative condition Alzheimer’s disease. Any cure or treatment breakthrough for Alzheimer’s would have major implications for senior living providers, which commonly provide memory care support to those […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (8/18/16)

(Rendering of The Veranda at Groveway, located in Roswell, Ga. — Photo courtesy of McShane Construction Company) Construction: Planned New $10 Million Senior Living Community Planned A new assisted living and memory care community plans to break ground in October in Bethalto, Ill. Cedarhurst Assisted Living and Memory Care will comprise 62,476 square feet and […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (8/4/16)

(Photo of Hilliard Assisted Living and Memory Care, located in Columbus, Ohio — Photo courtesy of Spectrum Retirement Communities) Construction: Planned Koelsch Community Will Break Ground This Month in Calif. A new memory care community will break ground later this month in Modesto, Calif. El Rio Memory Care Community is owned by Koelsch Communities and […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (7/28/16)

(Rendering of Cherrywood Pointe of Minnetonka, located in Minnetonka, Minn. — Photo courtesy of Cherrywood Pointe Senior Living) Construction: Planned Community Will Expand CCRC in Carlisle, Pa. A Presbyterian Senior Living CCRC will begin construction of 12 residential homes for independent living. Green Ridge Village already serves more than 300 older adults in  personal care, […]