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Alzheimer’s/Dementia Caregiver CMS HHS Medicare - General

Eileen Cook August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 Alzheimer’s Disease, CMS, Dementia, GUIDE, medicare, Older Adults

Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its new dementia care model. The model, Guiding an Improved Dementia

Alzheimer’s/Dementia Health Care Redesign Medical Technology

Eileen Cook July 28, 2023 AirPods, Alzheimer’s Disease, Medical Technology, Older Adults

Could Apple AirPods detect Alzheimer’s?

(By Giles Bruce for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Apple has filed a patent for technology that would allow AirPods to

Aging Alzheimer’s/Dementia

Eileen Cook July 20, 2023July 20, 2023 Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Disadvantaged Neighborhoods, Higher Risk of Dementia, Older Adults

Living in disadvantaged neighborhoods linked to higher dementia risk, study finds

(By Ambar Castillo for ST A T) Americans who live in neighborhoods with less socioeconomic advantage may have a higher

Alzheimer’s/Dementia CMS Medical Technology

Eileen Cook July 19, 2023July 19, 2023 Alzheimer’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Treatment, beta amyloid plaques, CMS, Medical Technology, PET Scans

CMS pitches expanded coverage of PET scans for Alzheimer’s disease

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS is proposing broader coverage of PET scans for patients with Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s/Dementia Veterans Benefits

Eileen Cook July 19, 2023 Alzheimer’s Disease, Behavioral Recovery Outreach, Dementia, Veterans, Veterans Health care

Advanced dementia patients often need a BRO

(Source - news.va.gov) Alzheimer’s. Dementia. These diagnoses rip the chord of safety and certainty in patients, families and caregivers at

Alzheimer’s/Dementia Medical Technology

Eileen Cook July 18, 2023 Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Hearing Aids, Older Adults

Hearing aids may slow mental decline in those at higher risk of dementia, study finds

(By Lizzy Lawrence for ST A T) Doctors have long suspected that hearing loss in older adults hastens dementia, the

Alzheimer’s/Dementia FDA Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook July 18, 2023July 18, 2023 Alzheimer’s Disease, Donanemab, FDA, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

An experimental Alzheimer’s drug outperforms one just approved by the FDA

(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s may soon have a new option to stave

Alzheimer’s/Dementia Medical Technology

Eileen Cook July 17, 2023July 17, 2023 Alzheimer’s Disease, CRISPR gene-editing, Medical Technology, Older Adults

Researchers turn to CRISPR to unlock one of the trickiest diseases to treat: Alzheimer’s

(By Andrew Joseph for ST A T) When the genome-editing tool CRISPR is thought of as a potential medicine, the

Alzheimer’s/Dementia CMS FDA Health Care Finance Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook July 14, 2023July 14, 2023 Alzheimer’s Disease, CMS, Leqembi, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Will the new Alzheimer’s drug put pressure on Medicare premiums?

The FDA approved the drug Leqembi, and Medicare will cover the new expensive new drug that promises the slowing the

Aging Alzheimer’s/Dementia CMS FDA Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook July 11, 2023July 11, 2023 Alzheimer’s Disease, CMS, Healthcare Costs, Lecanemab Drug, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Leqembi could cost Medicare up to $17.8B

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Leqembi, the newly-approved drug that can slow the progression of Alzhemier’s disease,