Nonprofit senior living provider Masonicare is expanding its memory care services to include more nonpharmacological approaches and intergenerational programming. The Wallingford, Connecticut operator oversees four memory care communities, and in the last year, it has increased training opportunities for staff to better empathize with older adults living with dementia. Masonicare is expanding its student-in-residence program […]
Category: Memory Care
Senior living providers are adapting to evolving operating conditions in memory care while adding more programming, lifestyle and engagement services to help residents thrive. Memory care residents have growing needs and the operators that serve them say those needs are growing ever-more acute in the years to come. Memory care operators are using evidence-based, research-supported […]
Trilogy Health Services is launching a Memory Care Center of Excellence to improve dementia care. Trilogy expects to open the center at a community in Warsaw, Indiana, in November. Trilogy Health Services is launching a Memory Care Center of Excellence to advance dementia support through a neuroscience-informed, person-focused approach. The Center of Excellence will serve […]
Cogir Senior Living is growing a memory care program in an attempt to help caregivers of people living with cognitive changes access support services. The program links into the greater Memory Care Cafe movement, which has roots in an Alzheimer’s model that started in Holland in 1997. Memory Care Cafes are not respite care. Instead, […]
Non-profit senior living provider Goodwin Living is continuing to grow the brain health program it developed and honed in recent years. The genesis of StrongerMemory dates back to 2011, when CEO Rob Liebreich noticed his mom was repeating herself and getting lost in familiar situations. He reviewed brain health research that found conducting simple daily […]
Memory care providers are improving their services, engagement and lifestyle offerings to meet changing preferences among residents. Today, memory care providers are raising the bar for operations by using technology and clinical data to improve the overall experience for residents. They also are adding wellness and lifestyle elements into memory care settings and making programming […]
A Pennsylvania-based senior living provider has partnered with the Alzheimer’s Association to improve the company’s memory care training standards. The effort from Vantage Point Retirement Living is focused on using evidence-based practices in dementia care and developing a training platform for staff across all departments. Earlier this year, Vantage Point completed a curriculum review and […]
Maplewood Senior Living is adapting its memory care program to focus more on early cognitive health intervention, dietary changes and personalizing engagement. Maplewood is in the early stages of a partnership with clinical neuropsychologist Dr. Cara Pendergrass on integrating brain health science into daily senior living operations to align with the company’s recently launched Aura […]
With new training and standards and accreditation through a program prioritizing wellness for people living with cognitive changes, nonprofit senior living provider Simpson Senior Services is starting a new chapter in memory care. Developed by Arizona-based senior living provider Beatitudes Campus, Comfort Matters is a research-based memory care model focusing on well-being, emotional comfort and […]
The Woodlands Senior Living is adapting to changing conditions in assisted living and memory care in response to rising resident acuity, turning to community-based partnerships to fuel new growth and improve resident care. The Waterville, Maine-based senior living provider operates 10 assisted living and memory care communities in the Pine Tree State, along with a […]
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