The goal of dementia engagement is to provide the individual with the best quality of life possible. To achieve this, the person centered care requires ongoing fine tuning of the programs & interventions based on the interests and capabilities of the person. Because cognitive impairment makes feedback difficult to obtain, it can be hard to […]
Washington DC, May 26rd 2014: – Revera Health Systems, a leading senior care organization, selected Linked Senior, as a key component of the organization’s quality care and person centered initiatives. The Revera team is deploying Linked Senior at their 29 skilled nursing facilities starting with an initial implementation of 8 locations. A Cloud based dementia and […]
Caremerge LLC, a revolutionary communication and care coordination platform for the senior care industry, announced today a new partnership with Linked Senior, the leader in resident engagement for the senior housing and long term care market, based in Washington D.C., providing resident-centered experiences in retirement communities through touchscreen interfaces and a 100% cloud-based platform. The […]
The main reason why residents with dementia may have increased levels of agitation and aggression is because they may lead lives that lack purposeful activity. Over the past few years, the concept of “engagement” has emerged as a means of understanding the behavioral pattern often seen in residents with dementia. For that matter, “Engagement” is […]
To provide the best possible care for dementia patients, we need to get past some important misconceptions about the disease. One is that Alzheimer’s, which accounts for about 80 percent of dementias, is strictly a disorder of memory. In fact, it usually involves many mental processes, including the abilities to focus attention, organize thoughts, and […]
