Construction: Planned Developers Propose 239-Unit Senior Living Complex in Georgia Nonprofit the Beverly J. Searles Foundation is proposing to build a 239-unit senior living community in Fayetteville, Georgia, reports The Citizen. The Lafayette Place proposal calls for developing a 13.7-acre site to include 125 independent living units, 24 independent “quad” villas, 60 assisted living units and […]
Category: Memory Care
Eighty percent of people around the world believe Alzheimer’s disease is a normal part of aging, revealing that many don’t understand how the disease works, Time reports, citing a recent study. “The disease is an abnormal state of the brain in which plaques of proteins build up and break down nerve connections,” Time says, adding […]
Construction: Planned CarDon & Associates Planning $17.6M Assisted Living Expansion Bloomington, Indiana-based CarDon & Associates is planning a $17.6 million expansion of its assisted living community in Fishers, IN, reports Indianapolis Business Journal. Plans call for CarDon & Associates to add a second phase of assisted living apartments and 18 cottages to The Reserve at […]
Reimagining landscape and living spaces are crucial when designing dementia care facilities to not only meet residents’ needs, but better serve their emotional and socialization behaviors as well, a new report by a leading architecture firm and Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) finds. Perkins Eastman Research Collaborative and AFA teamed up to examine best design practices and […]
Alzheimer’s disease and dementia cases are expected to spike along with the aging population in coming years. One group is making huge inroads to prevention through what it has coined “brain training.” Due to explosive growth and reception, the Memory Training Centers of America (MTCA) has rolled out its program to more than a hundred […]
The memory care portion of a larger assisted living community in Florida managed by The Goodman Group has officially reopened after a multi-million dollar renovation and expansion. Pearl Essence, which opened in 2009, is designed exclusively for women with memory impairments and is part of Cypress Palms, an enhanced assisted living community that opened in […]
CBS 60 Minutes recently aired a two-part series on “Living to 90 and Beyond” that explores an ongoing study of the nation’s oldest old and the growing threat of dementia in this population. “We are a nation getting older,” the segment begins, “… it’s giving us more time—literally—to start to lose our minds.” Dementia and […]
A nonprofit California senior living organization is testing new technologies geared toward caring for those with cognitive impairments by piloting new programs in its memory care communities. The Front Porch Center for Innovation and Wellbeing is part of a family of companies that includes Front Porch Communities and Services, which has 10 retirement communities and two […]
Senior living foodservice bears many similarities to what you might find in any other organized form of dining—or in some cases, exactly what you might find in a restaurant. But there’s one distinct challenge found among senior living providers when it comes to planning and delivering meals to some of the clientele: food that can […]
Virtual “dementia tours” being offered by senior living provider Senior Star are giving caregivers and family members of those with dementia the opportunity to experience the effects of the struggles that come with dementia. The new program being offered at Senior Star at Elmore Place in Davenport, Iowa, is working to help people understand what […]
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