LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS
Join Us this Friday for Our Weekly Webinar and Membership Meeting
This week we will provide the usual updates on COVID 19 and hold our annual business meeting. This is your opportunity to approve the dues formula for LeadingAge Kansas and learn about the overall focus of the association going forward. We hope to see you there Register here.
LEADINGAGE NEWS
LeadingAge Coronavirus Update Calls
It’s not a news flash that workforce shortages are the number one issue for members across the country. Keeping current staff is also a key issue for all members. Tune in to the Update Call on Monday, October 11th at 2:30 PM CT to hear leaders from LeadingAge member Tabitha Health discuss their organization’s workforce strategies and specifically how they have utilized WeCareConnect to help with employee engagement and retention. On Wednesday’s call, we will be joined by Christian Living Communities COO Jayne Keller as she talks about her organization’s CNA mentorship program, Drive Culture webinars, and employee benefits to keep employees satisfied and motivated to work for this member community. If you haven’t registered for LeadingAge Update Calls, you can do so here.
Letter to FTC on Staffing Agency Practices and Pricing
LeadingAge sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today requesting the FTC to use its resources and expertise to address an issue that has become dire for long-term care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic – the anticompetitive and pricing gouging practices of nurse-staffing agencies. We have heard from members in many states regarding this issue and know that some of you have tried to raise this issue with your respective state attorney general offices. We will keep you posted on any response we get from the FTC.
New Insights and Tools from LeadingAge
LeadingAge staff experts are developing essential advocacy, guidance, and tools, and curating the most relevant resources for aging services providers, including:
- Nursing Home Weekly Recap
- Life Plan Community Weekly Recap
- Home Health and Hospice Weekly Recap
- PACE Weekly Recap
- Senior Housing Weekly Recap
- Drive for 75: Week 31 Resources
- LeadingAge Acts to Secure Needed Funding, Programs
- HUD Notice: 30 Days’ Notice for Eviction and Required Information Sharing to At-Risk Tenants
Grants for Flu Vaccine Clinics – Members Can Apply Now
Flu season is coming, and LeadingAge is partnering with Clorox to help members from across the continuum hold vaccine clinics. Grants can be used for clinics in your buildings, on your campus. or anywhere throughout your communities. Applications are due November 1st and we’ll announce the member organizations receiving support shortly after. Apply now for a chance to receive funding, as well as Clorox products, to support your flu vaccine clinics this year.
RESOURCES
Addressing Vaccine Mandates and Exemption Requests
In this virtual update, Lane Powell addresses key legal and operational issues related to mandatory vaccination policies, including medical and religious exemption requests. Learn how to handle an employee’s request for an exemption, the type of inquiries an employer can make if an exemption is requested, and examples of reasonable accommodations your organization can consider. Free to access for LeadingAge members.
Monoclonal Antibody Supplemental Information from HHS
The Federal COVID-19 Response Team recently sent this supplemental information for providers on packaging, labeling and storing COVID-19 monoclonal antibody therapeutic REGEN-COV.
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