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President and founder of Dementia Care Specialists Kim Warchol, OTR/L, has educated over 5,000 health-care professionals on a best-abilities approach to dementia evaluation, treatment, and programming. She sits on numerous committees and panels that advocate the development of standards for dementia care. She has authored a variety of dementia care articles, and she lectures nationally on dementia management and aging.

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Some Blood Pressure Drugs May Help Protect Against Dementia

Posted to Dementia Care Blog: Facilitating Best Abilities and Quality of Life by Kim Warchol on 02.26.2010 | with 0 comments

Researchers analyzed data from the Cardiovascular Health Study, a long-term study of cardiovascular risk factors that involved 5,888 people over 65 years old. Read more »

Study Shows Cigarette Smoking A Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted to Dementia Care Blog: Facilitating Best Abilities and Quality of Life by Kim Warchol on 02.14.2010 | with 0 comments

A UCSF (University of California, San Francisco) team reviewed 43 published studies from 1984 to 2007. Authors of one-fourth of the studies had an affiliation with the tobacco industry. The analysis indicates that smoking cigarettes is a significant factor for Alzheimer’s disease. Read more »

Government Analysis Found 1/5th of the Nation’s Nursing Homes Consistently Receive Poor Ratings

Posted to Dementia Care Blog: Facilitating Best Abilities and Quality of Life by Kim Warchol on 02.01.2010 | with 0 comments

A USA TODAY analysis of new government data found that one in five of the nation’s 15,700 nursing homes have consistently received poor ratings for overall quality. More than a quarter-million patients live in homes given another set of low scores within the past year, according to data released by Medicare which first released the star ratings of the nation’s nursing homes in late 2008. The ratings are derived from inspections, complaint investigations and other data collected mostly in 2008 and 200. Read more »

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