The folks at SharpBrains recently released their “State of Brain Fitness Market 2010” report that outlines the current landscape of the brain fitness market place and highlights some of recent innovative ideas through its 2010 Brain Fitness Innovation awards.  Some of the award winners and finalists include specific project work done for senior living by [...]

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A new comprehensive booklet was recently released by the National Institute of Health (NIH) that talks about caring for someone with Alzheimer’s.  The 146 page guide addresses a wide range of issues such as wandering, medical conditions and financial concerns as well as tips on designing or remodeling a home for someone with Alzheimers.  The [...]

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Remember Spike Lee’s “It’s the Shoes” commercial featuring Michael Jordan?  Those shoes were special because everyone wanted to Be Like Mike.  Today, everyone wants to be safe, especially those caring for persons with Alzheimer’s disease.  By embedding a part of a Personal Emergency Response Monitoring System (PERS) in a shoe (rather than a phone/device), the [...]

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Want to train your brain or a loved one’s at home?  Dakim BrainFitness recently announced that its software is now being offered for sale via its website for PCs and Macs for use on home and portable computers.  The new software, a DVD package containing 6.5GB worth of content, helps maintain mental acuity with entertaining, [...]

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It’s no secret that senior care costs both real dollars and intangible costs for providing care and those costs are especially high for Alzheimer’s care.   A new report released last month from the Alzheimer’s Association, “Changing the Trajectory of Alzheimer’s Disease: A National Imperative” shows that in the absence of disease-modifying treatments, the cumulative costs [...]

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Sunrise Senior Living (NYSE: SRZ) recently announced that it has become an Authorized Validation Organization with the Validation Training Institute, a not-for-profit organization offering training and certification in the Validation Method used to care for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.  Sunrise plans to rollout the program to its 360 communities in [...]

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Dallas-based real estate developer, The LaSalle Group, Inc. celebrated its official ground breaking on its newest project, Autumn Leaves of Riverstone which is expected to be completed by December 2010.  Located in the Missouri City, Texas market, Autumn Leaves of Riverstone will feature 38 units and accommodate approximately 46 residents that will feature assisted living [...]

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National HealthCare Corporation (NYSE-Amex: NHC); (NYSE-Amex: NHC.PRA) announced the recent opening of The Palmettos of Mauldin, a 45 unit assisted living community in Mauldin, South Carolina near Greenville.  The Palmettos will have 27 apartments in the assisted living wing and another 18 in the memory care wing that is adjacent to NHC Mauldin, a 180 [...]

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A cat with a sixth sense…about those who are about to depart?  Sounds unbelievable, right?  The book "Making Rounds With Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat", written by Dr. David Dosa, chronicles the interactions of Oscar and the residents of a Rhode Island nursing Home.  Oscar has accurately predicted almost 50 deaths over [...]

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Health Dimensions Group (HDG) recently acquired St. Paul-based Health Service Innovations (HSI) to expand HDG’s presence in the senior-living and post-acute healthcare market.  The acquisition broadens its scope of services and now manages and operates 27 health care properties. For more than a decade, HSI has provided high-level management and consulting solutions to nursing homes, [...]

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Summit Hills, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Spartanburg, South Carolina, was recently recognized by the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) for its role in piloting an innovative, aquatics-based therapy program called WAVES to members suffering from memory loss.   WAVES program, developed by Summit Hills’ parent company Senior Living Communities, combines low-impact aerobics [...]

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Carnegie Mellon University researchers in the Quality of Life Technology Center (QoLTC) recently announced a study that will embed wireless sensors in the residences of about 50 older adults who live alone to see if they can detect subtle changes in everyday activities that indicate the onset of dementia or physical infirmities. The project hopes [...]

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