Innovative training program for dementia home caregivers calls for a team-based approach. Team-centered training is the foundation of an innovative new training program designed to help home care ...

When a New Jersey facility opened a new memory care neighborhood last month, it touted a special building design, dementia-specific caregiver experience and training, and life enrichment programming ...

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Roughly 5.8 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease, and by 2060, that number is expected to jump to 14 million, according to the CDC. Despite the growing ...

Senior living has come a long way in the past half-century. Assisted living, for instance, started as a social model; but what we see today was born out of the skilled nursing home world — a model ...

But academic research on the benefits of memory care units has drawn mixed conclusions. A mid 1990s study of more than 77,000 nursing-home residents found that there was no significant difference in ...

New Arizona standards for memory care in assisted living facilities took effect July 1, 2024. Caregivers will be required to undergo more training in dementia care and facilities must develop dementia ...