The NCALA Blog

Sundowning is a common and often distressing feature of dementia, particularly in individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and related conditions. It typically presents as increased confusion, disorientation, agitation, or restlessness beginning in the late afternoon, often around 4:00 to 5:00 PM. For patients, families, and long-term care teams, this daily pattern can disrupt routines and impact quality of life.

Are you creating or updating your HR policies for 2025? A year-end HR compliance checklist is a great way to help make sure your bases are covered. There’s too much at stake to leave compliance to chance. Particularly during the end of the year, there are many moving parts and critical deadlines your business must meet; otherwise, you could face penalties. To help you meet deadlines and compliance requirements, we’ve compiled a checklist that identifies some of the essential end-of-year tasks.

As the pan sizzles, the sounds of fresh vegetables being chopped resounds throughout the house and the delicious aroma fills each room, I always feel a sense of warmth, connection and relief. A piping hot meal is sat on the table before me with steam rising from each item that has been prepared.

The North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation (“DHSR”) has issued guidance to Adult Care Home (ACH), Family Care Home (FCH), and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) providers regarding temporary waivers or modification of enforcement of certain regulatory requirements under applicable state regulations, specifically 10A NCAC Subchapters 13D, 13G and 13F.

It is not only strangers who would separate the vulnerable from their money. Sometimes, it is the people we have grown up with and trusted that unfortunately disappoint us. To avoid being blindsided, the financial caregiver will need eyes on the ground. With the aid of your medical caregiver and some well-placed technology, you can protect your client’s wealth from opportunistic family members, or from your client!