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The System Is Broken and Can't Be Fixed
(Source: AAHSA) - An independent, broad-based national expert panel should be convened to re-examine the oversight process for nursing homes, a task force from the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) concluded in a report, entitled "Broken and Beyond Repair: Recommendations to Reform the Survey and Certification System."
Breakthrough in Dementia Research
(Source: inthenews.co.uk) - Researchers from the University of Nottingham (UK) have produced a genetic mouse model with the type of brain degeneration seen in Lewy Body and Parkinson's disease.
Alzheimer's Symptoms Decades Before Diagnosis
(Source: redOrbit) - Scientists from University of South Florida and University of Kentucky report that people who develop Alzheimer's disease may show signs of the neurodegenerative illness many decades earlier in life, including compromised educational achievement.
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