Long-term care operators might want to add show-tune sing-alongs to their dementia care plans, new research suggests.
Alzheimer’s group wants national dementia-screening initiative
Dec 10, 2008
A prominent Alzheimer’s advocacy group is urging Congress to implement a national dementia-screening program. The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America says study results it released Tuesday make...
Anticholinergics impair seniors: report
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 01, 2013
Cognitive impairment can result when older adults are taking or given medications with strong anticholinergic effects, a new study has found.
No kidding around — IL nursing home adds goats to its resident roster
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Aug 02, 2017
The newest residents at the Knox County Nursing Home in Knoxville, IL may butt heads from time to time, but that’s to be expected — they’re a pack of goats.
Telemed program addressing falling wins award
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 28, 2018
Vidyo, an embedded video technology company, has announced that Presence Health’s Remote Sitter program has been honored for its work in reducing fall rates.
Verdure planting new life in senior living
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 28, 2020
Verdure is now marketing its LIVE Moss Wellness Walls to senior living and long-term care settings, touting air quality, mood and staff productivity improvements. The self-sustaining ecosystem uses flowing...
Mediterranean diet linked to lower cognitive decline in U.S. seniors
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 11, 2019
Seniors who eat more of the foods found in a Mediterranean diet are less likely show symptoms of cognitive decline, a U.S. study has found.
November Business Briefs
Nov 12, 2019
» Berkadia’s Seniors Housing & Healthcare Group closed a $76.8 million financing deal for the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities. The buildings have a total of 1,167 beds and average occupancy...
Facility workers fired for fleeing during Hurricane Ivan
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Haymarket Media
Sep 27, 2004
Officials at a few Mississippi nursing homes and hospitals last week fired some employees who fled as Hurricane Ivan approached.
CDC: Proactive testing leads to fewer COVID cases in long-term care
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 18, 2020
Facilities with a preventive COVID-19 testing strategy experienced far fewer infections compared with facilities that conducted tests in response to illness, according to a county-wide study in Georgia.