Resources for Quality

Is your organization ready to step up and begin a community-wide conversation about how to better support local citizens living with dementia and their family and friend care partners? The Dementia Friendly America Initiative is catalyzing...

How to make a Sensory Room for People Living with Dementia Tips on Creating Dementia Friendly Environments Virtual Reality Applications for People Living With Dementia

CDC Training on Antibiotic Stewardship - This 4-part, interactive web-based activity is designed to help clinicians optimize antibiotic use to combat antibiotic resistance and improve healthcare quality and patient safety. This course will include...

Is Your Community Suffering from Too Much Noise? Human Rights Watch: Over sedation in nursing homes (perspectives from Australia) What It’s Like to Live in a Dementia Care Unit You've heard of storytellers? These...

Wellness on PBS’ Explore Health LGBT Elder Hotline: A way for LGBT older adults and their allies to find support and services. Finding Post-Disaster Resources for Seniors: Organizations and resources working in the...

The new long term care facility CMS Requirements of Participation strongly reinforces that providers must conduct inspections of bed frames, mattresses and rails as part of a regular maintenance program. Inspections for bed and...

Johnson County ranks healthiest in Kansas and Republic County is the least healthy county in the state, according to the ninth annual County Health Rankings, released March 14, 2018 by the Robert Wood Johnson...

The National Quality Forum released a new, comprehensive guide to help frontline providers more safely and effectively manage patient and resident pain. The National Quality Forum’s National Quality Partners Playbook™: Opioid Stewardship provides essential guidance for healthcare...

In this NY Times article, you will learn more about Jack and Valerie Cumming and their search for financial peace of mind in their search for a Life Plan Community. Read more about retirement...

It is LeadingAge Kansas’ mission to assist members in providing outstanding services and supports to older Kansans in a place they call home through advocacy, education and networking. Through our collaboration with LeadingAge New...

These  Cybersecurity Resources were created to help LeadingAge members and other aging services organizations understand cybersecurity threats, how to mitigate them, and how to respond if attacked. The resources include a Cybersecurity White Paper, case...

  Is your community ready for the future? In partnership with the Institute for Alternative Futures, LeadingAge has developed the 2030 Aging Services Scenarios to explore the future need for, and delivery of, aging services...