“Alzheimer’s Association issues new guidance for dementia care in nursing homes,” by Kimberly Marselas, McKnight’s LTC News
“The Alzheimer’s Association Thursday published new recommendations meant to shape dementia care practice at nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other long-term care and community care providers. The recommendations, posted online and to be published as a supplement to the February issue of The Gerontologist, outline 56 recommendations across 10 content areas. By age 80, 75% of people with Alzheimer’s are admitted to a nursing home. The new recommendations are aimed at guiding person-centered care in those settings and reflect an expert panel’s interpretation of current evidence and best practices. . . . A companion report, A Guide to Quality Care from the Perspectives of People Living with Dementia, includes survey data and interviews from individuals living in the early stage of Alzheimer’s or other dementias.”
LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):
Noble efforts to improve Alzheimer’s care won’t go far without more focus on how to pay for it.
Alzheimer’s Association issues new guidance for dementia care in nursing homes
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