A “novel, simple and fast-acting” cure for Alzheimer’s disease would be a “medical miracle” but would result in a loss of $16.3 billion in annual revenues for the assisted living industry, according to a new analysis published in the journal Medical Hypotheses.
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When residents begin to take more naps, it might not just be that they are tired. New research indicates it might be an early warning sign of advancing Alzheimer’s disease.
For senior living communities already offering quality dementia services, working in concert with providers offering precision medicine solutions could be the next step in the evolution of state-of-the-art dementia care.
People at risk for Alzheimer’s disease vary in how quickly cognitive decline may occur. But a new model predicts cognition test scores for up to two years and may lead to improving what medications are prescribed.
Existing measures are missing some of the costs to society associated with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, information that will be critical to policymakers as they make decisions related to treatment and research funding and other issues, according to a study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
S.B. 827 adds dementia training to the continuing education component for physicians and nurses in Connecticut, and S.B. 832 facilitates easier public access to the databases used for background checks of those working with the elderly.
An artificial intelligence-enabled camera system helped senior living communities reduce visits from emergency medical teams by 75% and visits to emergency departments by 80% by detecting falls among residents living with dementia, according to the results of a pilot study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Managed Care.
