COVID-19

VACCINE NEWS Vaccines for New Admits and New Employees After Pharmacy Partnership (CVS and Walgreens) Vaccine ClinicsKDHE advises that you should work with local providers. For example, the local health departments are all receiving vaccine...

VACCINE NEWS Kansas COVID-19 Vaccination Overview  303,677 People Vaccinated   Ages 65 and older make up 46.6% of those vaccinated out of the 303,677 people418,653 Total Doses Reported as Administered  - First Dose: 303,677 - Second Dose: 114,976581,975 Total...

VACCINE NEWS Transitioning from the Long-Term Care Pharmacy Partnership to the Retail Pharmacy ProgramLast week Dr. Ruth Link-Gelles from the CDC shared information about the sunsetting of one partnership and ramping up the next. Read...

VACCINE NEWS Kansas COVID-19 Vaccination Overview   350,989 People Vaccinated    506,401 Total Doses Reported as Administered   - First Dose: 350,989   - Second Dose: 155,412694,720 Total Doses Distributed   - State Distributed: 570,360   - Federal LTC Program: 124,360   12.0% of Kansans Vaccinated...

VACCINE NEWS Pharmacy UpdateHere’s the list of LTC pharmacies that have contracted with the federal government to acquire and deliver vaccines and vaccine services in nursing homes, assisted living and other congregate environments. STATE NEWS Potter Electric...

VACCINE NEWS COVID-19 Vaccine Information and Resources from LeadingAgeAs we work toward increasing vaccination rates among our aging services providers, be sure to take advantage of the resources available from CDC, CMS, and HHS: CDC COVID-19...

LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS Recording to Our Weekly WebinarIf you missed last week’s update webinar, you can listen here. And here are the handouts. When? Fridays at 10 AM. Register here. Here is what people are saying about...

STATE NEWS KDADS Provides Cleaning Supplies to Adult Care HomesIn the next couple of weeks, all adult care homes that were eligible to purchase PPE through the state portal, will receive a goodie box of...

Have you looked at the COVID-19 Safety for CNAs training and thought, “This training seems like a good opportunity BUT…”?  There is so much happening right now it is easy to focus on all the...

VACCINE NEWS Kansas COVID-19 Vaccination Overview     491,431 People Vaccinated      740,850 Total Doses Reported as Administered     - First Dose: 491,430  - Second Dose: 249,315 1,112,250 Total Doses Distributed     - State Distributed: 928,040   - Federal LTC Program: 184,210  16.9% of Kansans Vaccinated with One...

STATE NEWS Just Released: KDADS Issues Visitation GuidanceKDADS has released new guidance today in response to the CMS guidance released last week. This guidance applies to all adult care homes in Kansas and replaces the...

STATE NEWS What Happens with Temporary Aides After the Governor’s Emergency Declaration Expires?This in from KDADS Deputy Secretary Scott Brunner:  The emergency declaration giving Governor Kelly additional authorities will expire on March 31. The Temporary...