Fostering Emotional Wellbeing Among Team Members
In this 19-minute QuickCast, Kelly O’Shea Carney explains why a comprehensive systems approach to supporting the emotional wellbeing of all members of the organization is so important. View the free QuickCast.
HCS CCRC/Nursing Home Studies – Participation Open
The HCS CCRC and Nursing Home Salary & Benefits studies, published in cooperation with LeadingAge are underway! Please encourage members to participate in these important studies. New this year: Infection Preventionist has been added...
Coronavirus and Dementia Insights: Interview with Dr. Rebecca Edelmayer – Feb.25, 2021
Rebecca Edelmayer, Ph.D., Director of Scientific Engagement with the Alzheimer’s Association, joined the LeadingAge Coronavirus Update Call on February 25, 2021. She responded to questions from Joe Franco and from callers. Read the entire interview.
LeadingAge National
Nursing Home Weekly Recap. The Nursing Home Weekly Recap is here.PACE Weekly Recap. The PACE Weekly Recap is here.LeadingAge National Following are resources, media statements and releases, as well as select media coverage, Media mentions and conversations about COVID-19.LeadingAge calls for...
AARP Community Challenge Grants
The AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to fund quick-action projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages. Applications are accepted for projects to improve public spaces, housing, transportation,...
State of Seniors Housing Survey
LeadingAge and other associations continue to partner with American Senior Housing Association to distribute the State of Senior Housing survey to eligible respondents. LeadingAge staff, state partners and members find the resulting report to be...
Opportunity for LTC Nurses
The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) is recruiting nurses who work in long-term care settings for a new peer learning and support project, the LTC Nurse Leaders Circle. It’s open to nurses of any...
Rural Assisted Living Residents with Dementia Half as Likely to Take Cognition Enhancing Meds
A study in Oregon assisted living and residential care communities sheds new light on medication trends in these settings, including a notable quirk in rural care. Investigators looked at polypharmacy and prescribing of cognition-enhancing,...
Face Masks an Anxiety-Provoking Obstacle for Many with Hearing Loss, Survey Finds
Fully 95% of people with hearing loss in the United States say that the masks and face coverings worn during the pandemic are creating communication barriers, and more than half say they are experiencing...
Surge in Older Adult Renter Households
A new report from the Urban Institute predicts there will be 16.1 million new U.S. households formed between 2020 and 2040. Of these, 13.8 million will be older adult households. Of those, an astounding...
LeadingAge QuickCasts
Check Out LeadingAge QuickCasts - Narrated PowerPoint presentations providing an overview of a specific issue or trend impacting LeadingAge members. (10-20 minutes). Here are a couple of examples:
Principles of Good Governance: This 14-minute QuickCast guides viewers...