“Caregivers discuss heartbreak of Alzheimer’s.” Read these heartfelt accounts from health care personnel.
http://www.cadillacnews.com/news_story/?story_id=1819319&year=2014&issue=20140621
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Important News: The CMS is currently developing two distinct focused survey processes to assess dementia care
http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/Downloads/Survey-and-Cert-Letter-14-22.pdf
Alzheimer’s cases expected to rise. Check out the facts in this new study: http://news.yahoo.com/healthy-seniors-tested-bid-block-alzheimers-185150582.html
http://news.yahoo.com/healthy-seniors-tested-bid-block-alzheimers-185150582.html
Important: Joint Commission Will Implement New Memory Care Accreditation Requirements for Nursing Care Centers Effective July 1 2014
http://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/18/Second_Certification_Option_for_Nursing_Care_Centers.pdf
Sex in Assisted Living: Intimacy Without Privacy. What are your thoughts?
http://goo.gl/3343YU
June 15 is Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The WHO “estimates up to six-percent of the elderly are abused at home, with many cases going unreported.”
http://www.voanews.com/content/elder-abuse-awareness-day-13jun14/1936148.html
Interesting New Science: “Specific gene linked to adult growth of brain cells, learning, memory”
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140609153329.htm