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Rethinking Care for Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Two UConn researchers will study how well state programs provide care for older adults living with dementia while remaining at home. (Photo by Sabine van Erp / Pixabay) Copy Link As the number of older Americans rapidly increases, states are reevaluating how they care for older adults living with health-related limitations. A major goal of these efforts is to develop home and community-based services (HCBS) through Medicaid and other public funding sources to help keep older adults living ind...

Sherry McDavid of the FIVCO development district asks a question during Sen. Rand Pauls town hall meeting. KEVIN GOLDY | THE DAILY INDEPENDENT Sherry McDavid has spent her entire career help to build and strengthen communities. McDavid has dedicated 27 years as the executive director of the FIVCO Area Development District, and before that she was executive director of the FIVCO Service Agency, bringing her total to 38 years serving the residents of Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Greenup and Lawrence counties in northeastern Kentucky. McDavid said she has seen a lot of growth and changes during her ye...

Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley and North Shore CEO Joan Hatem Roy. (Courtesy photograph.) Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley and North Shore’s Home Care Program has been awarded accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The state-funded Home Care program is one of the agency’s largest programs and serves an average of 4,300 consumers monthly. It supports older adults whose goal is to remain in a community setting, living as independently as possible. The National Committee awards the status of Accredited–Three years to organizations that demonstrate st...