Color Your Mind: A Coloring Book for Those with Alzheimer’s and the People Who...
Color Your Mind: A Coloring Book for Those with Alzheimer's and the People Who Love Them is an innovative book filled with both information and inspiration. Authored by award-winning journalist, best-selling author, and Alzheimer's advocate...
Board Development Resource: Generative Thinking – An Important Role for Your Board
“Generative thinking” vital to the success of your not-for-profit organization
If there’s one thing that directors of nonprofit boards can agree on, it’s that it can be very difficult to agree on things. Finding solutions...
HCSF Statistics for Aging Service Providers
The following statistics reflect the experience by Kansas Aging Service Providers covered by the Health Care Stabilization Fund (HCSF).
To date 47 claims against adult care homes involving care provided on and after January 1,...
Your Voice is Needed for 2024 Professional Development Planning
We want to ensure the 2024 professional development calendar meets the needs of everyone in your organization. To make this happen, we need your help.
Here is what you can do.
Share your thoughts by completing...
Lakeview Village Honored as Best of Johnson County
Congratulations to Lakeview Village for being named Best of Johnson County in multiple categories. Lakeview Village received this award for:
Continuing Care Retirement Community,
Assisted Living,
Home Health,
and Child Development.
Their Short Stay Rehabilitation Program also received the...
KDADS Hosts Regional Round Tables on Survey Trends
The Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) hosted regional round tables the week of November 6th through November 9th in various locations throughout Kansas. For providers in the Southwestern region of the...
Appendix K Unwinding Notice for HCBS Service Changes
On Tuesday, November 7th, KDADS sent out a notice outlining changes to HCBS services that go into effect November 11, 2023. The service changes are taking place due to the end of the public...
Meeting with HHS Secretary Becerra – Full Report Out
LeadingAge met with HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on October 31st to discuss staffing challenges and concerns with the increasing number of immediate jeopardy findings that do not appear to rise to the IJ level....
LeadingAge Comments on Nursing Home Staffing Standards
LeadingAge posted their comments on the nursing home staffing standards proposed rule to the Federal Register on November 1st. Read the press release and access the comments here.
LeadingAge Joins Letter to CMS on the Staffing Mandate’s Exclusion of LPNs
On October 27th, LeadingAge joined several organizations in sending a letter to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure highlighting the agency’s failure to acknowledge and include Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) in the proposed federal staffing rule. ...
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Address the Shortage of Doctors and Nurses
On November 2nd, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), along with U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), introduced bipartisan legislation to address the shortage of doctors and nurses. The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act would...
HHS Releases Proposed Rule Establishing “Disincentives” for Information Blocking
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on November 1st published a proposed rule for public comment that would establish disincentives for health care providers found by the HHS Office of Inspector...