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In 2025, memory care operators will continue to grapple with the many challenges of evolving dementia care to meet the needs of today’s senior living residents. Many opportunities remain, including demographic-driven demand entering the market as Baby Boomers begin to turn 80 along with the growing need for dementia care as cognitive needs continue to […]
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With Eye on Memory Care, Front Porch Embarks on New Growth in 2025
By Austin Montgomery| January 14, 2025Front Porch Communities and Services is gearing up for continued growth of its senior living business, including by expanding its memory care offerings in 2025 and beyond. In 2022, Front Porch merged with Covia Communities under the Front Porch banner. The Glendale, California-based organization also hired new CEO Sean Kelly, who took over in early […]
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By: Sloane Airey It’s still not clear how the incoming administration of President Donald Trump will affect the senior living industry – but memory care experts are optimistic that his aging voter base could mean bipartisan support for Biden-era programs and initiatives. The latest Trump presidency coincides with the country’s largest age cohort – the […]
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Nonprofit senior living operator United Church Homes (UCH) will continue to grow its memory care program in 2025 as care coordination plays a crucial role in improving the health of older adults living with dementia. During a panel at the recent WTWH Media Continuum event in Arlington, Virginia, UCH CEO Kenneth Daniel outlined the importance […]
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The National Institute on Aging has awarded Washington University researchers a $2.9 million grant to help develop vaccines that could eventually help ward against dementia. The Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis, are set to use the funding from the National Institute on Aging to design vaccines that will “train a person’s own immune […]
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Researchers Identify Dementia Risk Factors as Early as 20 Years in Advance
By Andrew Christman| December 18, 2024Researchers have identified early predictors of cognitive decline in adults as early as 20 years in advance as part of a new analysis. A team of researchers with nonprofit research organization Rand used the cognition and dementia measures from the University of Michigan’s Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a longitudinal survey of the U.S. population […]
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Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) has partnered with Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) for a study comparing blood tests that could help predict and diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. The Bio-Hermes-002 study looks to increase participation of underrepresented older adults within typical Alzheimer’s clinical research, with at least 25% participation earmarked for the study from minority […]
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A new memory care neighborhood is coming together at a Life Care Services community that will allow residents living with cognitive decline to interact with students and faculty at Purchase College. The Life Care Services community Broadview at Purchase College is on the campus of Purchase College in Purchase, New York. The community is set to […]
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Researchers have found that Alzheimer’s and vascular risk factors affect blood flow in a variety of ways, particularly around the brain. That’s according to a recent study published from the Alzheimer’s Association, in which researchers evaluated 257 people with different kinds of Alzheimer’s disease diagnoses and severity. The researchers found that certain vascular risk factors […]
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New Study Links Natural Disaster Stress, Cognitive Decline
By Austin Montgomery| December 5, 2024A recent study found that incidents of natural disasters could negatively affect older adults and potentially lead to increased risk of dementia. The study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) followed older adults who survived the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami to see how their cognition and memory abilities […]