California’s final budget, which rolled out at the end of June into early July uses some of the state’s surplus to enact some of the “Justice in Aging’s Summary of the Final California 2021-22 Budget”
Category: Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Dementia Patients Wait Months For Long-Term Care In Vermont Hospitals
Vermont Public Radio: Dementia Patients Wait Months For Long-Term Care In Vermont Hospitals (April 24, 2019) Many seniors in Vermont who suffer from dementia are “Dementia Patients Wait Months For Long-Term Care In Vermont Hospitals”
WEBINAR: Legal Basics: Supported Decision-Making
When: Tuesday July 11, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET. Supported Decision-Making (SDM) is a person-centered planning and person-driven decision-making model that can “WEBINAR: Legal Basics: Supported Decision-Making”
Hanging in the Balance: a day in the life of a low-income senior and her family caregiver
In honor of November as National Caregivers Month, I want to tell you about Margaret and Sadie. I went to Old Bridge Township, New Jersey last month “Hanging in the Balance: a day in the life of a low-income senior and her family caregiver”
Is our health care system ready to serve people with dementia?
Last week, when 15 firefighter-paramedics arrived at a nursing home in Lake Zurich, Illinois, they were not responding to a crisis. Their purpose was purely educational, as the firefighters embarked on a training day to learn about Alzheimer’s disease. “There’s a large handful of people that have dementia in this area, and we have to deal with them all the time, and care for them, and it’s important that we know how to do it properly,” Fire Department training chief, Mickey Wenzel reported to the local news.
