Researchers in a multi-institutional effort will study the potential link between chemical exposure and its impact on dementia and Alzheimer’s disease risk. The four higher education institutions recently received a grant worth $11 million from the National Institutes of Health to analyze almost four decades of blood and urine data from 5,000 people, tracking the […]

Brain diagnostics company Amprion recently closed $6 million from a $15 million total Series B financing round to expand the company’s commercial reach and enhance dementia research and treatment. Amprion diagnostics have the capacity to detect small amounts of “misfolded proteins” and is the only validated seed amplification available to aid in the diagnosis of […]

Epoch Senior Living is rolling out a new training program for all memory care staff in an effort to provide better care to residents living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. The company announced at the end of October the expansion of dementia training for all employees within its 11 Bridges and 5 Waterstone Senior […]

Determining the right cost of senior living units has never been a simple exercise. But looking ahead to 2025, it is among the top areas of focus that Anthem Memory Care CEO Isaac Scott thinks the industry should look into. West Linn, Oregon-based Anthem, a memory care operator with 22 communities across the U.S., previously […]

Certain types of “superspreader” protein clumps could play a key role in the proliferation of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a recent study published in the journal Science Advances. The clumps, known as fibrils, spread rapidly which cause other proteins to form toxic clusters that damage brain cells, the researchers noted in an Oct. 28 study […]

Northwestern Medicine recently received a $25 million gift to establish a new center aimed at Alzheimer’s disease research. The center at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, called The Abrams Research Center on Neurogenomics, is set to be led by NU assistant professor David Gate. The center is slated to use tech including artificial […]

A new partnership among the Rollins School of Public Health, the University of Minnesota, and Johns Hopkins University will lead to the creation of a national resource meant to advance and evaluate dementia care programs across the U.S. The State Alzheimer’s Research Support Center, funded through a $17 million grant from the National Institute on […]

For years, the memory care sector has looked to the Hogeweyk dementia village in the Netherlands as a global standard for person-centered care – and there is still more that operators can learn from it. A handful of senior care experts and operators visited the Hogeweyk earlier this year, and all of them came away […]

By Courtney Ryan Some memory care operators are preparing for new demand in 2025 and beyond with marketing strategies centered on educational content and evidence-based information. In a market where misinformation is rampant, especially online, operators including Sonida Senior Living (NYSE: SNDA) and Bella Groves are trying to cut through the noise to reach individual […]

The importance of unpaid caregivers for older adults with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia is well known in the senior living industry, and a new study calculates that if such caregivers earned a salary, their work would be worth a six-figure annual income. Unpaid caregivers such as family and friends, if compensated, would earn […]