It’s been more than four years since the onset of the tragic pandemic that took the lives of nearly a quarter million vulnerable older adults living in nursing homes. Their lives mattered. How they spent...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, April 30
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 30, 2024
Losing items doesn’t always indicate poor memory … 15 generics saved Medicare about $15 billion from 2015 to 2021 … Healthy lifestyle could offset life-shortening genes … EHR tool combats health...
Mandatory dementia reporting from clinicians to DMV may backfire, study says
By
Donna Shryer
Apr 29, 2024
With more older adults on the road and dementia cases rising, some states require doctors or patients to report dementia diagnoses to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). However, a new study suggests...
As executive director of Porter Place, an Anthem Memory Care community, Colleen Kamin watched residents suddenly become isolated and sink into a dangerous lethargy during the early days of the pandemic.
Memory fitness programs boost verbal memory, perception of memory, study finds
Aug 30, 2011
Memory fitness programs at senior living communities helped improve seniors’ verbal learning and retention, plus boosted their self-perceived memory, a new study finds.
Meet Andrew Carle, 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Industry Ally’ honoree
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 02, 2024
List “retirement” as one more thing COVID-19 disrupted for Andrew Carle, who had planned to step down as executive director of The Virginian, a Life Care Services-managed community in Fairfax, VA,...
Committed to memory
Aug 06, 2008
Kingston Technology Company announced that it has begun shipping its DataTraveler 400 with MigoSync software and DataTraveler 100 in 16 gigabyte capacities. These flash drives let business travelers keep...
Study: Having two copies of gene mutation linked to Alzheimer’s may cause onset
By
Kristen Fischer
May 07, 2024
A new study finds that possessing two copies of a specific gene mutation that’s common in Alzheimer’s disease may be the cause behind the disease in those people.
A milestone for Music & Memory
By
May 16, 2017
With how much positive press and research surrounding the benefit music can bring to people with dementia, it came as somewhat of a shock to me to find there had never been a nationwide study of the Music...
Memory tricks
By
Gary Tetz
Dec 05, 2012
I’m a little mad at Jim Berklan right now. The usually trustworthy and compassionate editor of the McKnight’s fine family of publications pulled the old bait-and-switch on me this morning....