Memory care training programs for assisted living employees will need approval by the state. Registered nurses with experience in dementia or end of-life care are eligible to launch a program.

Assisted living companies are pushing back on reforms that would establish Arizona's first-ever standards for memory care and require caregivers to take more training to serve residents with dementia.

Baillie said. The monthly budget goes to crafts, books, coffee, snacks and some utilities for the two-hour meetings. Local foundations provide grants that help her cover those costs.

Middle-aged and older adults who sought hospital or emergency room care because of cannabis use were almost twice as likely to develop dementia over the next five years, compared with similar ...