Family caregivers for loved one with Alzheimer’s offered free relief
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 01, 2020
A new in-home respite program provides family caregivers access to free, short-term relief with the help of in-home care professionals. Created by the East Texas Alzheimer’s Alliance, the program provides...
‘Gossip bots’ one day may serve as personal caregiver assistants to older adults with dementia
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 01, 2020
A robot named Pepper is being eyed as a solution to addressing overwhelmed frontline healthcare workers and older adults living in assisted living communities experiencing loneliness due to the COVID-19...
Alzheimer’s Association: Cognitive assessments lacking, but caregivers can help
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 06, 2019
Only 28% of older adults have ever been assessed for cognitive problems, and only 16% undergo routine cognitive assessments during routine health checkups, according to a report released Tuesday by the...
How to improve the quality of life for those with dementia and their caregivers
By
Jay V. Patel
Mar 08, 2018
We have an opportunity to improve the quality of life of those with dementia and the selfless loved ones who take care of them every day.
Cruise set for people with Alzheimer’s, caregivers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 08, 2018
A cruise ship may seem an improbable setting for a conference for professional and family caregivers and those with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. In September, however, Holland America’s...
Senior living community helps teach future physicians, learn from caregivers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 14, 2016
A Florida assisted living and memory care community is partnering with a local university to help address two issues associated with the United States’ expanding aging population: The lack of geriatricians...
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Jan 10, 2018
Senior living and other employers brace for loss of immigrant workforce … Why Louisville is becoming America’s aging capital … Bill to support family caregivers heads to president’s...
Kim Campbell is on a memory care mission
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 02, 2017
Three years after Glen Campbell received his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, his wife, Kim, didn’t know that memory care communities existed. Now she’s on a mission to ensure that other family...
Dementia-competent workforce, career advancement keys to improving Alzheimer’s care: Senate committee
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 21, 2021
Developing a dementia-competent workforce and providing career advancement opportunities will help strengthen direct care workforce recruitment and retention, leading to a better quality of life for people...
Recommendations to reduce disparities in dementia care due in 2021
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 09, 2020
Final recommendations on ways to reduce disparities in dementia, which were developed during a stakeholder roundtable sponsored by the Milken Institute Alliance to Improve Dementia Care, will be released...