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by Zahida Siddiqi Increasing nursing home staffing alone will not necessarily improve care quality for nursing home residents who have dementia. This is the finding of a recently published study in the journal, Health Services Research, which combines the efforts of experts at UC-Irvine, UCLA, and the University of Chicago. Researchers recommend looking beyond just […]
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Many senior living residents are living with some form of cognitive changes, but not all of them are ready for full-fledged memory care. That is why Ascent Living Communities is piloting a new program aimed at residents in assisted living with mild cognitive impairment. Ascent Living Communities in December began piloting a new program called […]
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By Sloane Airey Covid-19 was especially hard for the memory care sector, but one of the pandemic’s silver linings has been how it has ushered in use of new and promising technology. Today, tech including AI promises to change the senior living industry in ways that were not possible only a few years ago. Nearly […]
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A recent Washington Post investigation highlighting elopements among residents with memory care needs may be missing the forest for the trees, including the relative safety of communal living versus people with dementia residing in single-family homes. That is the opinion of Andrew Carle, a longtime senior living innovator, adjunct lecturer at Georgetown University and former […]
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released its roadmap for combating Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia in the coming years as the number of people living with cognitive changes continues to grow. The latest national plan to address Alzheimer’s and other dementias outlines six goals for reducing cognitive illnesses, including: A […]
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A large sustained financial shock late in life may contribute to cognitive decline and a higher risk of dementia. That’s according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study’s researchers analyzed data from 8,082 older adults who participated in the University of Michigan’s Health and Retirement Study between […]
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A series of investigations from the Washington Post on resident elopement and staffing has shone a new light on memory care operators and the challenges they face keeping residents safe. One of the Post stories, published over the weekend, centered on residents who wandered away from memory care communities since 2018, almost 100 of which […]
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UVA Touts New Brain Implant That Could Help People With Alzheimer’s
By Andrew Christman| December 20, 2023The University of Virginia (UVA) is collaborating on a new brain implant for people living with Alzheimer’s that may one day help manage and reverse the disease’s degenerative effects. The fiber-based implant is smaller than a human hair and will be used to “give better real-time imaging” of a patient’s situation, according to an update […]
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By Sloane Airey Architects and designers are increasingly exploring how their work can improve outcomes and quality of life for older adults with dementia. “Because people are living longer, we are seeing more people who are living with some kind of mild cognitive or even more severe cognitive impairment,” Cynthia Shonaiya, a principal with Baltimore-based […]
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Between 2018 and last year, use of cognitive assessment and care plan services tripled , but few Medicare beneficiaries who qualify received the service, according to a recent study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO study found that, at most, 2.4% of Medicare beneficiaries with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or a related […]