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Senior living trade group concerned about
new community living administration
Senior Housing News
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The Obama administration and the Department of Health and Human Services are both reinforcing the aging in place movement by launching the Community Living Administration, which supports the choices of American seniors receive assistive services in their homes or communities rather than needing to go to enter an institution.
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Developing assisted living alongside local players
ALFA Update
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The Canadian senior living market is more developed than many other countries, but a lack of assisted living options offers opportunities for American providers who can effectively fill this need.
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Survey: Majority of assisted living residents pay for their care
out of their own incomes
McKnight's Long-Term Care News & Assisted Living
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Assisted living residents generally are from mid- to high-income households, and the majority can pay for care on their own, a recent survey reveals. A survey of 2,617 older adults living in freestanding assisted and independent living facilities provides new insights into the economic and physical well-being of individuals living in private pay seniors housing communities.
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AHCA/NCAL leader advocates for increased partnership between providers, surveyors to advance quality
American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living
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The head of the largest trade association representing long term and post-acute care facilities encouraged the government and providers to work together to improve quality of care in America's skilled nursing care centers. "We need to usher in a new era of collaboration to better serve our nation's seniors and individuals with disabilities," said Mark Parkinson, president and CEO of the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living. "Federal and state surveyors can be a driving force in assisting facilities learn not only where, but how they can better promote person-centered care and access programs and resources that will help them on their quality journey."
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NCAL leader: Assisted living must remain a choice for seniors
under Medicaid program
National Center for Assisted Living
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The assisted living community is now very established and provides valuable housing and services options to about 750,000 seniors across the nation, including about 140,000 receiving assistance from Medicaid, writes David Kyllo, executive director for National Center for Assisted Living. Kyllo says assisted living has provided innovative, quality services for over three decades in "person-centered" environments before that phrase was popular.
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Assisted living facilities attracting seniors
Killeen Daily Herald
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When 69-year-old Janice Baker moved from her Killeen, Texas, home into Stoney Brook of Copperas Cove in September 2011, her overwhelming emotion was relief. Since relocating to the assisted living facility, Baker has blossomed. Baker is one of an increasing number of aging senior citizens opting for a retirement community offering a variety of personal care and social services.
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2 Washington state senior facilities must close
The Spokesman-Review
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Deep financial losses are forcing the closure of a nursing home in Davenport and an assisted living facility in Wilbur, Wash. The moves will force 42 elderly residents to find new living arrangements and mark a difficult setback for the two communities west of Spokane.
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Hearing assistance products enhance the overall quality of services offered at an assisted living facility, and through their adoption, owners can also expect to see an increase in customer retention.
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Where in the US do men live the longest?
Forbes
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The county with the highest life expectancy for men also has the second highest life expectancy for women. Life expectancy rates for men in Marin County, Calif., are 81.6 years, and for women 85.1 years. These life expectancy numbers are contrasted with the lowest in the US, which is in Quitman and Tunica counties in Mississippi at only 66.1 years for men.
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Working across care settings to improve dementia care
McKnight's Long-Term Care News & Assisted Living
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Across the country, assisted living facilities, with or without a specialized memory wing, have started teaming up with in-home care companies that offer professional caregivers highly skilled in dementia care. A one-on-one memory care program offered by a dementia experienced home care agency can often supplement a facility's existing services, rather than replacing them. This allows a long-term care organization to provide a level of care that many of its competitors may not.
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Strength training may give boost to seniors' brains
HealthDay News via U.S. News & World Report
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Elderly women noticing the first signs of memory decline might ward off full-blown dementia by engaging in routine strength training, new research suggests. But while supervised weight-lifting seemed to boost mental functioning among those struggling with incipient memory loss, aerobics-based activity programs did not confer a similar mental health benefit, the study team found.
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