Thanks to Members Who Have Renewed Their Dues
We would like to thank our members who have already renewed their 2018 Membership Dues for LeadingAge Kansas and LeadingAge National. Don’t forget that to receive the 2% early bird discount, dues must be...
Elves Visit Protection Valley Manor for Christmas
Staff of Protection Valley Manor in Protection held fundraisers to ensure their residents had a VERY Merry Christmas. Staff raised money to purchase individual gifts for each resident at Protection Valley Manor. Each resident...
Workforce Data from PHI
Are you a data lover and want to know more about workforce data in Kansas and across the US? Check out this website from PHI which is full of workforce data including wage trends, age, citizenship,...
Karren Weichert Receives Woman of Distinction Award
Congratulations are in order for Karren Weichert, CEO of Midland Care Connection Inc. in Topeka, who was recently named the 2018 Woman of Distinction by the American Business Women’s Association Career Chapter of Topeka. Read...
New Resource: Summary of CMS Revisions to Appendix PP
Just as the Phase 2 Requirements of Participation for care centers took effect, CMS issued its final version of the State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix PP - Guidance to Surveyors for Long Term Care Facilities. There...
CDM Deficiencies
When we were out on roundtables a couple of weeks ago, members in some locations told us about difficulty training, finding and keeping Certified Dietary Managers. They also reported that they receive deficiencies if...
Annual Fire Door Inspection Must be Completed by January 1, 2018
This is a reminder for health care and long term care providers that full compliance with the annual fire door assembly inspection and testing requirement is expected by Jan. 1, 2018. Initially, inspection and...
LeadingAge Shares New Vision for Health Care System Reform
Addressing the needs of a rapidly growing older population is one of the major challenges facing the United States over the next few decades and an unprecedented opportunity to redesign the current system for...
Helpful Resources
Unlocking the Door to Dementia Care
The Six Thinking Hats – Looking at a Decision from All Points of View
The Change Package
The Change Package is a toolkit that was developed by the National Nursing Home Quality Collaborative to assist providers with creating lasting change and high performance. It includes seven key strategies, with numerous supporting change concepts...
Celebrate in January and February!
Trivia Day, January 4th
Clean Off Your Desk Day, January 9th
National Activity Professional Week
Have Fun at Work Day, January 28th
January is National Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Month
National Wear Red...
OSHA Record Keeping Update
According to the OSHA Trade Release, "OSHA will continue accepting 2016 OSHA Form 300A data through the Injury Tracking Application (ITA) until midnight on December 31, 2017. OSHA will not take enforcement action against those employers...