Sunshine Meadows in Buhler Celebrated Mother’s Day with a Parade
For Mother’s Day, Sunshine Meadows in Buhler planned a parade for residents’ family members, staff members and their families, and the community. The hope was that there would be a few families driving by,...
Mother’s Day at Fowler Residential Care
Mother’s Day was Sunday, May 14th. In honor of the event, sons and daughters around the country usually treat their mothers to brunch, bring them flowers, and generally do whatever they can to make...
New Faces in the Membership
The Staff and Board of Directors would like to welcome the following individuals to LeadingAge Kansas:
Caitlin Strawderman is the new(er) Executive Director at Via Christi Village in Pittsburg. She has been there since October.Philip...
Larksfield Place Honors Employees
As an active member of LeadingAge, senior living communities like Larksfield Place are called on by Carol Silver Elliott, LeadingAge board of directors chair, to share the positive stories of life in our senior...
Bluestem Communities Celebrates With Live Well Parade
At Bluestem Communities we celebrated life (social distancing style) with our 400+ independent living residents! We drove by our neighborhoods at Kidron Bethel Village (North Newton) and Schowalter Villa (Hesston) and shared music, dancing...
SunPorch Receives $25,000 Grant From the Kansas Health Foundation
Smith Center, Kan. - SunPorch has been awarded a $25,000 grant through the Kansas Health Foundation’s Impact and Capacity Grants (ICG) initiative. This funding will help support Staff enhancement and the procurement of much...
Kidron Bethel Village Honors Graduates
In May, Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton honored current employees graduating from college and high school. The 2020 graduates walked the halls of health care neighborhoods wearing caps, gowns and masks as residents...
Lowell Peachey Retires from Mennonite Friendship Communities
After 13 years in the saddle as CEO at Mennonite Friendship Communities, Lowell Peachey will be retiring at the end of June. We thank him for his good work and leadership for all these...
Exciting Changes at The Wheatlands Health Center
After many years at the helm of the Wheatlands in Kingman, Sherry Rinke is retiring at the end of June. She has been a great advocate for aging services during her career and oversaw...
Speedy PD Race Goes Virtual for 2020
MANHATTAN, KAN. -- To help keep community members and participants safe during this time of uncertainty, the 12thannual Speedy Pd Race for Parkinson’s Disease will be offered as a virtual race opportunity. While things...
Riverview Estates Has Infection Control Survey
Congrats to Courtney Bailey and the team at Riverview Estates for receiving zero deficiencies on their most recent infection control survey. In this trying times, we need something to celebrate. Way to go!
Congrats to the Following Members Who Received Zero Deficiencies on Their Recent Infection Control...
Solomon Valley ManorTopeka Presbyterian ManorFort Scott Presbyterian ManorAberdeen VillageParsons Presbyterian ManorManor of the Plains
Kudos to all of the administrators/executive directors and their entire team for all you are doing to prevent the spread of...