Blueprint for a Better Aging Infrastructure – Feedback Welcome
Late last week, LeadingAge National held a virtual press conference and released their plan to build the national aging services infrastructure needed to keep up with America’s growing older population. The comprehensive Blueprint for a...
Attention Nurses: Georgina Munguya Now Providing MDS-Related Technical Assistance to Members
LeadingAge Kansas has contracted with Georgina Munguya, MSN, RN, RAC-CT, of Focus1 Health Consulting, to provide MDS-related telephone or email technical assistance to members.
Georgina has over 20 years’ experience in long-term care nursing, having...
Onsite Child Care
We’d like to hear from you if your organization has an onsite child care program. Email Janet today.
CAST Updates Safety Technology Selection Tool
LeadingAge CAST has updated its Safety Technology Selection Tool. The revised portfolio includes updated product information for 42 products in both the product selection matrix and online selection tool. The revised tool also includes two new case studies.
Call Light Boxes Available from Village Manor in Abilene
Village Manor recently installed a new call light system and is selling their old bed and bathroom call light boxes for an all call light system. You can view pictures below. If you are interested, contact...
LeadingAge Kansas Board Election – Slate of Candidates
The election of 2023/2024 LeadingAge Kansas Board of Director members will take place at the 8:00 AM annual business meeting taking place at the upcoming Spring Conference April 14th.
After review of qualifications, interviews and...
Good Samaritan Society System Developments at National and State Level
The Good Samaritan Society and Sanford Health, a nonprofit acute care-based health system, recently voted to merge. The merger will create a $6 billion entity with 47,000 employees and combine Sanford’s health care and research capacity...
What Have We Done For You Lately? – July 2019
With Washington, DC, temperatures hovering in the 90s for most of July, you’d think the month of November would be the last thing on the minds of LeadingAge team members. And yet, Nov. 28—the deadline...
Cyber Second: Signs You Have a Computer Virus
Our partners at Networks Plus have released another video on basic technology that we wanted to share with you. Technology is still the “wild west” when it comes to viruses, malware, ransomware, etc. We...
Read This: Facility Assessment Toolkit Now Available
The Phase II tools are beginning to roll out from LeadingAge National and the first is the Facility Assessment Toolkit. The RoP Facility Assessment Toolkit© is designed to provide practical, step-by-step guidance for organizations...
Heads Up: Dues Invoices Will be Mailed November 1st
LeadingAge Kansas will be mailing dues invoices for the 2018 membership year on November 1st. They will be mailed to the primary contact of the organization. Please be on the lookout for them. They...
LeadingAge National Supports Rule Change for Teens Operating Patient Lifts
LeadingAge recently filed comments in support of the U.S. Department of Labor's proposal to eliminate restrictions on the operation of patient lifts by nursing home employees under the age of 18. If finalized, the rule will remove the...