Week of October 31st

STATE NEWS Need Help with Staffing During a COVID-19 Outbreak? Nursing Homes and State Licensed-Only Adult Care Homes Are EligibleKDHE has partnered with KFMC Health Improvement Partners to assist long-term care facilities and state licensed...

KING is holding its Annual Seminar on November 18, 2022 at Larksfield Place in Wichita. Included in this year’s seminar is the OSHA funded training “Resident to Staff Aggression Prevention and Response”.  The 2023 Safety...

The Dooley Center team went to the person-centered care conference and received a Level 5 Mentor Home PEAK award from the Secretary on Aging and Center on Aging at KSU. Administrator Renee Porter was...

Bluestem Communities and its more than 1400 residents, participants and staff across four locations, are celebrating 10 years of being a united network of communities in November. Bluestem Communities is a non-profit organization comprised of...

I. Current Talking Points & Templates for Media Engagement:  Template Op-Ed: Aging Services Workforce Now Campaign CMS Home Health Proposed Payment Talking Points CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Proposed Payment Rule Talking Points  CCRC Solvency Talking Points NASEM Report Talking...

LeadingAge has partnered with the VCU Department of Gerontology, Eden Alternative, and Pioneer Network to develop the Age and Ability Inclusion Toolkit for Senior Living, funded through a generous Retirement Research Foundation grant! This free,...

Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers. Nursing Home Weekly RecapLife Plan Community Weekly RecapHome Health and Hospice Weekly RecapMedicaid HCBS and PACE Weekly...

Chief of Inspections Brenda McNorton reports that the Fire Marshal will resume periodic training webinars for health care facilities in 2023. She would like to know topics that would be of interest to providers....

The National Labor Relations Board and the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, have issued proposed rules relating to standards defining when individuals are considered employees of a given organization. The NLRB rule...

Backed by recent national research among potential employees, LeadingAge prepared new workforce recruitment tools. LeadingAge members can access communications strategies, message frames, messenger guidance, and tips for crafting recruitment communications. These tools are part...

Last week, Ziegler and LeadingAge released the 19th Edition of the LeadingAge Ziegler 200 (LZ 200) publication. The report details the nation’s 200 largest nonprofit senior living providers, as well as relevant business trends for the...

Approximately two-thirds of workers surveyed characterized work as being a very or somewhat significant source of stress, each year from 2019-2021. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has created a Workplace...