Memory care

Waging war on Alzheimer’s disease

On July 29, U.S. Sens. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) and Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) introduced legislation to create an Office of the National Alzheimer's Project Read More »

Mental illness trumps dementia in nursing home admissions

Cleveland-A study has found more nursing home admissions suffer with mental illness than dementia, underscoring the need for nursing homes to have Read More »

Managing Alzheimer’s in the Green House

The Green House is certainly not a new concept anymore-there are now some 56 such homes on 18 sites in 14 states, with a further 100 being developed Read More »

Headed for ‘homelike’

With the opening of a 15,730 square-foot, $7.2 million expansion, Granite Farms Estates has upgraded its nationally recognized WillowBrooke Court Read More »

They call it a nursing home for a reason

I remember a television advertisement not too long ago for an Alzheimer’s drug that has a middle-aged woman narrating about her fear that she would Read More »

Advanced dementia care is vital to quality of life, Part 2

Often people working with those with advanced dementia don't see the importance of doing activities with them because they believe there is no point Read More »

Advanced dementia care is vital to quality of life, Part 1

Until recently, very few people knew how to really take care of people with advanced dementia. New approaches were designed and quality of life and Read More »

Multisensory room and specialized dementia programming

In 2006, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new guidance for activities that specifically directed facilities to improve Read More »

Confronting the risk of elopement

You've received a call from the local hospital that one of your residents, after being found on the street by the police, has been brought to the Read More »

More than a game: Brain training against dementia

The number and severity of those currently and predicted to be afflicted with Alzheimer's disease are well documented but no less staggering. In the Read More »

‘Use it or lose it’: The Brain Health Program at Emeritus Assisted Living

The brain works like a muscle—use it or lose it. That saying is gaining increasing credibility in the field of aging studies. Read More »

Montessori Principles Work for Alzheimer’s

Montessori Principles Work for Alzheimer'sWhat did Maria Montessori discover in her works with children that could be useful in the care of residents Read More »

Why Residents Wander – and What You Can Do About It

Why Residents Wander - and What You Can Do About ItAN INTERVIEW WITH BETTYE ROSE CONNELL, PhD Few events stop long-term care staff and administrators Read More »

Electronic Supportive Documentaion: Welcome to the Future

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Alzheimer’s Care: Accentuating the Positive

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Resident Elopement: Case Study and Lessons Learned

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2002 Optima Award Winner – The Safety Program: Sunset for Sundowning

Adapted from the submission by Bortz Health Care of Traverse City, Traverse City, Michigan; written by Debra Hagerty, BS, BSN, MSN, SW, Director of Read More »

Special-Needs Gardens for Alzheimer’s Residents

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