Transactions Blueprint advises on sale of Michigan community Blueprint announced it advised a real estate investment trust in the sale of an assisted living and memory care community in Wyoming, Michigan on April 4. According to a press release, the community was built in 2015 and consists of 102 units. The seller selected a Virginia-based […]
Category: Memory Care
A new smartphone application could help memory care professionals diagnose and therefore treat dementia sooner, New research, led by the University of California San Francisco and recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), showed that a specially designed app could detect early signs of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in people who were genetically […]
Willow Valley Communities is continuing to grow with a new memory care community, and the organization’s leaders are taking inspiration for the project from a famous memory care model in The Netherlands. Even in recent years amid pandemic challenges, Willow Valley and its development company, Willow Valley Development Corp., continued planning on multiple projects to […]
A recent study has linked personality traits with overall dementia risk. The effort could help researchers more broadly understand whether certain kinds of people are more likely to develop the disease over time. Funded by the National Institute on Aging, the study found that conscientiousness, extraversion and positive affect were associated with a lower risk […]
Over one in three people worldwide are affected by neurological conditions, which remain the leading cause of illness and disability across the globe. Dementia is among the top-10 neurological conditions contributing to “loss of health” in 2021, along with stroke, neonatal encephalopathy, autism spectrum disorder, nervous system cancers and more, a recent World Health Organization […]
BrainCheck Inc., a digital health company offering cognitive brain health assessments, recently completed a fund raise of $15 million led by Next Coast Ventures, S3 Ventures and UPMC Enterprises. BrainCheck is using the funds to bolster its product offerings,expand clinical evidence and expand the company’s presence in health care. Recently, the company launched a new […]
Succeeding in creating a meaningful tour experience can make or break a memory care community’s chance at making a new resident conversion – but doing so can feel more art than science.. But there are ways that operators can improve tours to drive a higher rate of move-ins. Higher acuity care like assisted living and […]
Primary care provider engagement could be key in increasing the pace and scope of treatment of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new report. By getting primary care physicians to diagnose and evaluate patients for dementia-related treatment could make the greatest impact on cutting specialist visit wait times and boost the number of those treated […]
Providers of adult day and other services for older adults are playing an outsized role in caring for people with dementia, a new study has found. A recent analysis of data from the adult day portion of the 2020 National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study has found that nearly a quarter of all older adults […]
The Alzheimer’s Association says it will use a new $25 million grant to provide more resources, and support to give more respite breaks to caregivers of people living with dementia. The grant is creating a new Center for Dementia Respite Innovation (CDRI) to “fund new respite care innovation projects across the country,” including for friends or […]
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