Nutrient cocktail helps improve brain function in those with early-stage Alzheimer’s
Jan 11, 2010
Researchers at MIT are encouraging seniors in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease to take their vitamins—but not just any vitamins.
Ohio nursing home ordered to repay Medicaid overpayments
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Haymarket Media
Jun 14, 2005
A court of appeals in Ohio upheld a lower trial court’s decision that nursing home provider AmCare Inc. must repay $452,312 in Medicaid provider overpayments it received during fiscal years 1994...
Study: Gene therapy may reduce effects of Alzheimer’s
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Haymarket Media
Apr 26, 2005
A small study using gene therapy to treat Alzheimer’s patients proved to slow the progression of the disease, according to initial reviews of the evidence.
Oops! Owner sues contractor over missing showers in assisted living facility
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McKnight's Staff
May 03, 2012
The owner of a Southern Illinois assisted living facility is suing its architect and civil engineers for allegedly violating several construction codes when building the community.
Sinai Boca Raton adds staff ahead of expansion
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2020
The Toby & Leon Cooperman Sinai Residences Boca Raton has promoted Jay Mikosch to executive director and hired Barry Audain as administrator of its health center. The continuing care retirement community...
Deadline Friday! McKnight’s Technology Awards entries soon due
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Jul 11, 2017
The time for providers to submit their entries to the 2017 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards is winding down — submissions shall be in by the end of this Friday, July 14.
McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards back for 2017, now accepting entries
May 10, 2017
The 2017 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology awards are back, and now accepting submissions from long-term and senior care providers on leveraging technology to improve their communities.
Words Matter: Changing the way we talk about people living with dementia
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Mimi DeVinney
Oct 19, 2020
Language is important. Whether we realize it or not, the way we speak about people reflects our beliefs about them and ultimately affects how we treat them. Whether we are aiming for a community-wide...
Enthusiasm and ingenious inventions at the NYC Aging2.0 Global Startup Pitch Event
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Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Mar 28, 2017
Moving beyond the development of medical products for seniors, Aging2.0 seeks to facilitate collaborations between senior care providers and entrepreneurs to create products and services that can be integrated...
Alzheimer’s caregiving: The new normal
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Allan S. Vann, Ed.D
May 19, 2014
I dealt first with my wife’s Alzheimer’s as a 24/7 caregiver at home, and now as a part-time caregiver and full-time advocate since her placement in the dementia wing of an assisted living...