The Latest Craze Pokemon Go May Cause Problems for Healthcare Organizations
Have you encountered the people walking around town trying to find their Pokemon? Are you wondering what the heck I’m talking about? The latest craze is a mobile app called Pokemon Go and it...
Great Resident Engagement Idea Ripe for Replication
A continuing care retirement community in California is taking resident engagement and intergenerational programming to the next level this summer by offering an on-campus camp for area fourth graders, and they are gleaning benefits...
Study Finds Little Consistency For UTI Prevention in Nursing Homes
A survey of nearly 1,000 nursing homes in the U.S. found little consistency across nursing homes of policies implemented to prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs), according to a new study presented at the 43rd Annual Conference of...
Update Report on the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes
This memo announces CMS release of a second report providing an overview of the National Partnership; summarizing activities following the release of Survey & Certification policy memorandum 14-19-NH ; and outlining next steps.
The report also describes...
Before You Say “Sit” – Try These Tips to Keep Cognitively Impaired Residents Moving
Susan Saldibar recently offered that seniors need to stay active and mobile as long as possible. We’ve all read the studies indicating that prolonged sitting can lead to a more rapid decline of both...
Undiagnosed Dementia May be Putting Older Adults’ Safety at Risk
Medical News Today tells us that many older Americans may be at increased risk of engaging in potentially unsafe activities due to lack of dementia diagnosis. This is the conclusion of a new study...
New LeadingAge Free Member Benefit Tool
LeadingAge recently rolled out a new member benefit that is of no additional cost to you – an online board assessment. As the number of members using this tool grows, you will be able...