Monthly Archives: October 2017

New topic for Staff Ed. Week: Successful Engagement and The Art of Quilting: A Conversation for the Activity Professional and Recreational Therapist.

Members: Free in-services are available for download beginning November 1st! The Art of Quilting includes: a 19 page PowerPoint presentation, handouts, a pretest and a post-test.  Staff Education Week runs from February 14-21.   https://www.nccdp.org/staff-education-week.htm

“Watercrest Senior Living Group Announces Rhonda Coates as Executive Director of Market Street Memory Care Residence in Tampa,” Business Wire, 10/18/17.

Coates, CDP will be overseeing “the 64-unit, state-of-the-art senior living community” that “opens January 2018.” The facility will offer “exceptional amenities, multi-sensory programming, innovative training, and world-class care for seniors living with Alzheimer’s and dementia.”…

“UC San Diego, IBM Watson Team up to Study Mild Cognitive Impairment,” I Advance Senior Care, 10/4/17.

“IBM has granted $10 million to the University of California-San Diego to study mild cognitive impairment (MCI), one of the earliest and most common forms of neurocognitive decline.” https://www.iadvanceseniorcare.com/news-item/memory-care/uc-san-diego-imb-watson-team-study-mild-cognitive-impairment?utm_campaign=Vertical%20-%20Memory%20Care&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=57191782&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8jINlM_D_Lta06KH-U-l7rEUcpltr9_mWm4nRdDTfc2i6Hxp4Ms50eJ3eogBsTV4lX8ARKBl4g5CwuUrUaiYe0wpSthw&_hsmi=57191782

“Research Suggests Middle-Aged Women with High Blood Pressure could be at Increased Risk of Dementia,” Alzheimer’s Society, 10/4/17.

“Women who develop high blood pressure in their 40s may be more likely to develop dementia later in life, according to a study published today, 4 October 2017, in the medical journal Neurology.” https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/news/article/253/research_suggests_middle-aged_women_with_high_blood_pressure_could_be_at_increased_risk_of_dementia