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 […]
Adapting and exporting the Dutch Hogeweyk model to the U.S. is no easy feat. But one of the largest memory care operators in the U.S. is currently forging ahead with a new concept that emulates the famous community. The operator, Lutheran Senior Services (LSS), runs the Meramec Bluffs Senior Living community in St. Louis, Missouri. […]
Swiss-based biotech company Asceneuron has successfully raised an additional $100 million for the development of drug therapies that target proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive brain conditions. The Series C financing will advance the clinical development of drug therapies known as OGA inhibitors for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, according to the company. […]
Memory care operators are gearing up for deeper participation in the new Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) program from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which officially launched this week. More than 400 healthcare organizations are participating in dementia care programs, from senior living operators to health systems and beyond. Organizations including […]
Shortly after officially opening its Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, the University of Alabama at Birmingham announced receiving a $21.4 million federal grant to expand its dementia research efforts. The five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will further research of dementia disparities in the U.S. Southeast region, which carry a 20% to 30% […]
The health care and senior living industries must make structural changes in care delivery to accommodate the growing number of older adults living with dementia. That’s according to Dr. Nate Chin, UW Health Medical Director of the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. In an article recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Chin […]
In order to provide better care to older adults living with dementia, the senior living industry must adapt and be ready for the the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) GUIDE model rollout this year. The GUIDE model, which was announced in 2023, aims to help those with dementia stay in their homes longer […]
A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool using speech analysis is capable of identifying cognitive impairment in Spanish-speaking older adults. The algorithm, the subject of a recent study led by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, could function as an early detection tool that “might aid in identifying” older adults at risk of developing dementia, […]
Senior living operators have spent recent years preparing for the arrival of the Baby Boomer generation in their communities, and time is of the essence for memory care operators who must transform operations to prepare for the latest generation. From sales and marketing evolving to attract new residents and connect with families, to changing memory […]
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Bill Gates believes the healthcare industry is “at a tipping point on Alzheimer’s.” That’s what Gates told Scientific American in a recent interview. Gates noted that, at the beginning of last year, the therapeutic pipeline for Alzheimer’s disease encompassed 187 clinical trials and contained 141 therapeutic drug formulations. Through Gates Ventures, Gates’ […]
