As reported in Senior Housing News. The senior living industry is shifting toward more value-based care and payment models that reward quality health outcomes and preventive measures.
Although this wasn’t the case just a few years ago, insurance companies and the federal government are beginning to understand that preventive measures are much more important in health and senior care, according to Juliet Holt Klinger. Holt Klinger says that this is doubly true in dementia care, where the earlier a resident’s cognitive decline can be managed, the sooner operators can potentially reduce or delay more costly treatments later in life.
“In a value-based system we really have to look at a lot of these preventative measures earlier,” Holt Klinger said. “One of the most interesting emerging trends is the change in the way we look at the diseases of dementia.”
Holt Klinger, Senior Director of Dementia Care for Brookdale Senior Living (17 years) is a gerontologist specializing in person-centered programs for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. As a trainer and program designer for close to 30 years, she has developed and operationalized programs for national companies representing both skilled nursing and assisted living levels of dementia care.
SMARTfit offers a variety of solutions tailored for independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, rehab and more. Dr. Rob Winningham, a leading neuroscientist and gerontologist was recently interviewed about the critical role executive functioning plays in maintaining independence, quality of life and extending healthspan as we grow older. Dr. Rob Willingham is a Professor and Chair of Psychology at Western Oregon University has wrote and held a number of discussions on memory and academic performance. and here is what he said about SMARTfit.
“The research also says that dual tasking improves executive function more than cognitive exercise or physical exercise alone. It can also save dollars. A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that $12,000 per year were saved on average, in Memory Care facilities that just gave people the option of physical exercise.”
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New Baseline Dual Task Cost Test for assisted level individuals which recommends a wide variety of video-supported cognitive-physical exercise programs to improve identified weaknesses.
New exercises and programming dedicated to training individuals based on their MMSE score.
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