KC Blog / By JCA / November 15, 2023
Next Chapter News with Debbie By Debbie Sokobin, JCA Blog Contributor Caregivers: Just Remember to Breathe. It is hard to believe that this month is the two-year anniversary of my father’s death. He went through a nine-month roller coaster of oral cancer that he actually beat, only to die of pneumonia before he ever got to …
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KC Blog / By JCA / October 17, 2023
by Nathaniel Weixel for The Hill Medicare will remove limits on covering PET scans used to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, allowing broader access to new treatments on the U.S. market. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said in a memo it was removing a previous once-in-a-lifetime limit. But instead of making a broad …
KC Blog / By JCA / October 2, 2023
by Sally Pessin, Esq., CRPC® I Can’t Believe I Fell for a Scam! For the last few years, I have volunteered for my county’s police department speaking to groups of seniors on how to avoid being the victim of a scam. I stay apprised of the latest grifts perpetrated on Americans who are mostly over …
KC Blog / By JCA / September 20, 2023
The GW Art Therapy Clinic is a training facility partnered with the GW Graduate Art Therapy Program providing confidential, quality art therapy services to children, teens and adults from the community. Clinicians are students in their second and third year of the master’s program and are supervised by licensed, professional art therapists and mental health counselors. …
KC Blog / By JCA / September 11, 2023
HFC® (formerly Hilarity for Charity) and the Home Instead® network are working together to award home care grants to those providing care to their loved ones living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias. The HFC Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Grants are awarded across the United States and Canada. The goal of the grant program is to provide …
KC Blog / By JCA / September 5, 2023
by Kathleen Allen, LCSW, C-ASWCM for Bright Focus Foundation As a caregiver for someone with dementia or Alzheimer’s, you know the challenges. One such challenge may be adapting your living space to better accommodate your loved one’s changing needs. This month we thought we would look around the house, room by room, and see how …
Blog, KC Blog / By JCA / August 14, 2023
by Howard Gleckman, immediate past president of JCA, an Urban Institute Fellow, journalist, and the author of Caring for Our Parents The National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer’s Association have proposed revised clinical guidelines that would designate seven major stages of the brain disease. The first two would be for people who have no symptoms but may …
KC Blog / By JCA / August 10, 2023
by Alicia Ault for Medscape.com Under a new Medicare pilot program that will begin in 2024, the federal government will pay clinicians to coordinate at-home dementia support services, including respite care for family members. A Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) initiative, part of the aim of the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) program is …
KC Blog / By JCA / August 2, 2023
from Neuroscience News.com A new study demonstrates how nightly aromatherapy can enhance memory in older adults. Over six months, subjects were exposed to various natural oil fragrances for two hours each night, leading to a remarkable 226% increase in cognitive capacity. This innovative approach leverages the known connection between olfaction and memory, offering a potential …
KC Blog / By JCA / August 1, 2023
from seniortrade.com A new study “Impact of social isolation on grey matter structure and cognitive functions: A population-based longitudinal neuroimaging study” by Laurenz Lammer et al. eLife, indicates a lack of quality social interaction can lead to a decrease in the hippocampus’s volume, crucial for memory formation and retrieval, and poorer cognitive performance. However, maintaining …
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