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’ […]
Sometimes solving challenges in the memory care sector can feel like climbing Mount Everest—just ask Anthem Memory Care CEO Isaac Scott. Like climbing the famous summit, memory care operators have quite a climb ahead of them, in several ways. One big one is the remainder of this year, which will be a test of operational […]
Memory care demand is expected to grow in the years ahead – but operators must evolve for the future if they hope to see it. To help attract new residents in the months and years ahead, operators are both focusing on the real estate and the knowledge of treating cognitive decline. That is resulting in […]
A hormone found in the brain of every human could be used as a treatment to delay the proliferation of Alzheimer’s in its early stages. Researchers with the University of Dundee in Scotland found that a small part of an appetite-suppressing hormone known as leptin could reduce the effects of the two harmful proteins in […]
Cedarhurst Senior Living is expanding its memory care programming while creating a new dementia care-focused training program to improve service to older adults living with cognitive decline. Regional directors began overseeing life enrichment departments at its communities, and developed a new memory care training program based on evidence-based dementia research. The four-hour intensive training program […]
By Audrie Martin Senior living operators have for years sought to provide their services at a rate that middle-income older adults can afford. For memory care operators, that is a tough task. Faced with a resident population that needs much more care than is typical in other product types like independent living, memory care operators […]
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 […]
