A new blood test that could help identify Alzheimer’s earlier from healthcare company Roche has received a Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The test, branded “Elecsys” and under development with Eli Lilly and Company, can aid in identifying the likelihood of amyloid pathology in a person’s brain, according to Laura […]

If you asked Pegasus Senior Living CEO Chris Hollister what keeps him up at night, he might tell you it’s the ongoing challenges in staffing.That is especially challenging in memory care. But thanks to predictive analytics and quantitative data analysis, improvements are already playing out for the company. Since the launch of Pegasus’ staffing model, […]

Transactions Blueprint advises on sale of Michigan community Blueprint announced it advised a real estate investment trust in the sale of an assisted living and memory care community in Wyoming, Michigan on April 4. According to a press release, the community was built in 2015 and consists of 102 units. The seller selected a Virginia-based […]

People who use cannabis for non-medical reasons may have a lower chance of developing cognitive decline. That’s according to a study published in Current Alzheimer Research with the National Library of Medicine. The study, in which researchers sought to determine whether cannabis consumption had an effect on subjective cognitive decline, analyzed data from 4,744 adults […]

A new smartphone application could help memory care professionals diagnose and therefore treat dementia sooner, New research, led by the University of California San Francisco and recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), showed that a specially designed app could detect early signs of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in people who were genetically […]

Willow Valley Communities is continuing to grow with a new memory care community, and the organization’s leaders are taking inspiration for the project from a famous memory care model in The Netherlands. Even in recent years amid pandemic challenges, Willow Valley and its development company, Willow Valley Development Corp., continued planning on multiple projects to […]

High acuity senior living could continue to see strong demand based on favorable demographic shifts, and operators will keep evolving to meet the changing consumer dynamic in the years ahead.  From building outwards with future growth via acquisition or through ground-up development, organizations are moving forward on a range of higher-acuity senior living models. What […]

Human brains may be getting larger over time, a fact that could bode well for the future of dementia care. That’s according to a University of California, Davis study, published recently in JAMA Neurology. The study, which analyzed and compared MRIs of people born during the 1930s through the 1970s, found that people born in […]

Tech-enabled behavioral health company Rippl has partnered with the Alzheimer’s Association to create a new digital dementia care navigation tool for caregivers and physicians. The new online tool, called the Dementia Care Navigation Services (DCNS), will aim to address current gaps in the dementia care service model for patients and caregivers by removing care bottlenecks […]

A recent study has linked personality traits with overall dementia risk. The effort could help researchers more broadly understand whether certain kinds of people are more likely to develop the disease over time. Funded by the National Institute on Aging, the study found that conscientiousness, extraversion and positive affect were associated with a lower risk […]