No one associated with nursing homes – as residents or their families, friends, staff or administrators – is unaware of the massive impact of the pandemic on these facilities which provide essential ...

Shifting care needs in Rockwall highlight the growing importance of understanding memory care versus independent and ...

Dutch long-term care (LTC) reform helped promote aging-in-place to stabilize nursing home admissions but also increased nursing home waiting lists among older adults with dementia. That is according ...

If assisted living beds are available, some people living with dementia may delay moving to a nursing home or will not move to a nursing home at all, suggest the findings of a new study.

Increased assisted living capacity was associated with a decrease in the percentage of nursing home patients in whom dementia was diagnosed, according to a January study published in the Journal of ...

Deaths among older adults with dementia fell starkly in nursing homes and long-term care centers after COVID-19 vaccinations became available, yet remained high for those living at home, according to ...

Lee-Fay Low works with Dementia Australia and the Forward with Dementia campaign. She has received research funding from the NHMRC, MRFF, Dementia Australia, Federal and NSW governments, and the ...

For most older adults, the idea of aging in place and staying at home for as long as possible is an attractive one. However, for seniors who’ve been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or another form ...

Nursing homes face serious consequences when older adults – often with dementia or other cognitive impairments – wander away from nursing homes or ...