On the Plus Side

The Mature Market Resource Center, a national clearinghouse for the senior market, recognizes the nation’s finest marketing, communications, educational materials, and programs designed and produced for older adults. Recently the company announced its winners for the 25th Annual Mature Media Awards that...

The following individuals have been hired at member organizations.  LeadingAge Kansas would like to extend a warm welcome and we look forward to working with you in the future! Zahra Pourmirza has been hired...

Tallgrass Creek retirement community residents who participate in a weekly Dance Fusion class are learning a wide range of dance styles and multi-cultural influences. They are doing this in a setting that allows them to...

The 2016 Summer Olympics didn’t go unnoticed at Sunshine Meadows. The games aired each day on SunnyVisionm, a television in Sunny’s Café, a community-integrated restaurant, and the residents held their own form of Olympic-style games. The...

The ASTRA Board met in August and chose the latest round of Scholarship winners. There were a total of 7 recipients who received more than $9,000 for this round.  They will be honored at...

The winners of the 26th Annual Awards of Excellence have been chosen and will be awarded next week at the Policy and Leadership Conference in Junction City.  We will be featuring a new award...

Hats Off to Fort Scott Presbyterian Village for hosting an onsite Voter Registration Drive!  Who else is doing this?  Chime in and let Debra know!

Congratulations to the following members who have had great surveys over the last several weeks: Sterling Presbyterian Manor recently received a zero deficiency annual survey.  Congratulations to Mike Rajewski and his entire team!  The surveyors...

Midland Care’s Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is now available in Wyandotte County and a newly renovated PACE Center will open at 818 Ann Avenue in Kansas City, KS. The program is...

 Nearly 100 Tallgrass Creek retirement community residents, staff and family members participated in the recently-held Blue Sage Pointe continuing care neighborhood’s Olympics. The two-week event featured Wii bowling, Frisbee discus toss, Nerf gun shooting range,...

Congratulations to the team at Leonardville Nursing Home on being featured in the latest PEAK 2.0 newsletter.  The team thought they were doing person-centered care, but a further examination of their practices revealed that...

We recently helped a member with an employee classification question about the upcoming FSLA changes.  To our pleasant surprise, we received this response: “…I contacted three (3) different state associations outside of Kansas seeking assistance...