Our hats off to these LeadingAge Kansas nursing homes that have reduced their antipsychotic use by at least 5 percentage points in the last year (* indicates 10 or more percentage points):

  • Anthony Community Care Center*
  • Attica Long Term Care Facility
  • Bethesda Home*
  • Catholic Care Center
  • Good Samaritan Society – Atwood
  • Good Samaritan Society – Sherman County
  • Leisure Homestead at Stafford
  • Leonardville Nursing Home
  • Lone Tree Retirement Village
  • Parkside Homes
  • Pioneer Lodge*
  • Prairie Mission Retirement Village
  • Prairie Sunset Home
  • Prescott Country View*
  • Protection Valley Manor
  • Sandstone Heights
  • Schowalter Villa
  • Solomon Valley Manor*
  • Sterling Presbyterian Manor
  • Via Christi Village Hays
  • Via Christi Village McClean*
  • Via Christi Village Manhattan
  • Via Christi Village Ridge
  • Villa St. Francis
  • Wheat State Manor

Progress! Fantastic!  When you have a minute, send us the highlights of how you have achieved this feat and what your next steps are.

Here are our members who have achieved an antipsychotic rate of less than 7% for the last reporting period:

  • Atchison Senior Village
  • Brewster Place Health Center
  • Caritas Center
  • Good Samaritan Society – Cheyenne County
  • Good Samaritan Society – Valley Vista
  • Larksfield Place
  • Lawrence Presbyterian Manor
  • Linn Community Nursing Home
  • Moundridge Manor
  • Prairie Mission Retirement Village
  • Schowalter Villa
  • Topeka Presbyterian Manor
  • Via Christi Village Hays
  • Via Christi Village McClean
  • Wichita County Health Center LTC

Send us your top tips for achieving and sustaining this very low antipsychotic rate.

On the flip side, 17 members’ rates were up 5% or more over on the last year. If you know who you are, and want to connect with a member/s that is making progress in this area, please contact Debra.

Upward and onward!

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Rachel Monger, JD, LACHA is President/CEO. Rachel joined LeadingAge Kansas in 2011 as the Director of Government Affairs and has been a powerful voice for our membership ever since. Rachel is a Kansas licensed attorney and adult care home administrator. She received her bachelor’s degree from Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, MA, and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Kansas School of Law. Over the years, Rachel has served in many volunteer roles in her community and in the state of Kansas to support senior needs, aging services education, and community mental health services. She is also a member of the Board of Governors for the Kansas Health Care Stabilization Fund. As an award-winning trial lawyer, turned award-winning senior care advocate, she has spent nearly two decades passionately supporting quality of care and quality of life for Kansas seniors. When not at work, Rachel loves reading, crafting, volunteering with her church, and spending time with her partner Steven. You can reach Rachel directly at 785.670.8046.