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Cambridge Enhanced Senior Living, a continuing care retirement community in Moorestown, New Jersey, recently launched a new memory care program in collaboration with Marquis Health Consulting Services. The launch of the “Journeys” memory care model aims to enhance programming and create a standardized approach to care delivery, management, and operations. The Cambridge property supports the […]
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A team of scientists from the University of California San Diego and University of Pennsylvania has received a $6.9 million grant to help fund a new potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. According to UC San Diego Today, the grant from the National Institute on Aging will be used to prepare the treatment, called CNDR-51997, for […]
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Nonprofit senior living provider A.G. Rhodes only recently opened its first memory care community, but looking ahead CEO Deke Cateau sees more growth ahead. In June, the organization opened a $37.5 million, 75,000-square-foot community designed as a household model for 72 residents living with dementia.The community includes the renovation of an existing building with an […]
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An older adult’s chance of getting a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia may depend on where they live. That’s according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan and Dartmouth College and published in the journal “Alzheimer’s & Dementia.” The study’s researchers examined Medicare claims from 4.8 million […]
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Memory care operators will have plenty of needs-based demand to sustain and grow their operations in the years ahead – but only if they can shore up issues in staffing and other crucial areas. For most memory care operators, the darkest days of the Covid-19 pandemic meant major staffing challenges and difficulties caring for residents. […]
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A life plan community in Texas is expanding certain memory care services in order to help residents who are living with cognitive decline elsewhere on the operator’s campus. The community, Dallas-based CC Young, has launched a new concept known as Personal Assistance Toward Health and Wellness As You Succeed (PATHWAYS). The PATHWAYS program offers additional […]
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The Memory Care Innovation program is designed to recognize passionate and innovative industry members who are shaping the future of cognitive care across behavioral health, home health and home care, hospice and palliative care, senior housing, and skilled nursing. To see this year’s inaugural Memory Care Innovation Award winners, visit https://innovation.memorycarebusiness.com/. To become a Memory […]
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Questions have swirled around the effectiveness of new blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease. According to a new study, such tests are usually sufficiently accurate to diagnose the disease. A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis analyzed and compared the accuracy of six blood tests, four of which are currently […]
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Aegis Living is developing multiple new communities in 2024, setting the company up to serve the incoming demographic of older adults with Alzheimer’s and dementia. It’s no secret the baby boomers are looking for something novel in senior living, and that many of them will require memory care services. By 2060, it is projected that […]
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The Memory Care Innovation program is designed to recognize passionate and innovative industry members who are shaping the future of cognitive care across behavioral health, home health and home care, hospice and palliative care, senior housing, and skilled nursing. To see this year’s inaugural Memory Care Innovation Award winners, visit https://innovation.memorycarebusiness.com/. To become a Memory […]