Respite care

• WALTHAM, Mass., April 17, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Benchmark Senior Living , the largest senior housing provider in New England, today announced that 44 of its Northeast continuing care, independent living, assisted living and Mind & Memory Care communities have been named U.S. News & World Report "Best" senior living communities, receiving a total of 62 awards.
• The following Benchmark communities have been named a U.S. News & World Report 2024 Best Senior Living community.
• - Best Assisted Living
  Benchmark Senior Living at Nashua Crossings, Nashua, N.H. - Best Assisted Living
  Benchmark Senior Living at Plymouth Crossings, Plymouth, Mass.
• – Best Assisted Living
  Edgehill, Stamford, Conn. – Best Continuing Care Retirement Community, Best Independent Living, Best Assisted Living & Best Memory Care
  The Atrium at Cardinal Drive, Agawam, Mass.

• He instead wants to focus on “what people can do with the right support in place, rather than what they can’t do”.
• Taxpayers and recipients of sickness and disability benefits might feel like they’ve heard all this before.
• It is this trend that Rishi Sunak claims needs to be addressed, with mental health conditions a growing component of new disability benefit claims.
• Rather, we can point to a real economic case for government investment in infrastructure and day-to-day spending to keep people well and – where possible – working.

Changing attitudes

• The effect of this is that the old “strivers versus scroungers” argument simply doesn’t appeal as it once did.
• In the latest British Social Attitudes Survey, just 19% agreed that “most people who get social security don’t really deserve any help” – less than half the figure of 40% in 2005.
• We must create a system that enables people to build a productive life in their best health, wellbeing and economic interests.

Investing in people is good

• Rather, there is good evidence for implementing less conditional systems of welfare, which have no work disincentives, for economic, health, and wellbeing reasons.
• Something like basic income (a system of regular, fixed payments made to everyone in society) can provide the economic and financial stability to allow people to find sustainable employment.
• That might be the case had government funding for these services not failed to keep up with demand.
• We need to act now to create a better system – because the current one is benefiting very few of us.

Elliott Johnson is affiliated with the Common Sense Policy Group. Howard Reed is affiliated with the Common Sense Policy Group. Matthew T. Johnson is affiliated with the Common Sense Policy Group

• National Caregiver Day is an opportunity to raise awareness of the efforts of the almost 8 million caregivers in Canada who are providing care for others.
• To help provide financial support for those who are providing care for a loved one, caregivers can benefit from the non-refundable Canada caregiver credit .
• The Government of Canada is also collaborating with provinces and territories to implement bilateral agreements focused on the shared priority of helping Canadians age with dignity close to home.
• The Government of Canada is taking steps to enhance Canadian seniors' ability to age at home and receive quality home care.

• This year's special report, Mapping a Better Future for Dementia Care Navigation, provides a comprehensive look into dementia care navigation by surveying dementia caregivers and health care workers on their experiences, challenges, awareness and perceptions of care navigation in dementia care.
• Dementia care navigation provides clinical and nonclinical support to people living with dementia and their caregivers to overcome barriers that compromise care and health outcomes.
• "Dementia care navigation programs have shown they can be a huge benefit to people living with dementia and their caregivers.
• Get additional data and statistics from the report for Alzheimer's disease prevalence, mortality, cost of care, caregiving and dementia care workforce.