Wellness and Wellbeing Articles
Prolonged sitting: Short bouts of activity reduce health risks
Life expectancy decreasing, CDC says
Music lifts well-being for people in palliative care
Time to Turn up the Volume on Intergenerational Programs
Building a...
Resources and Articles on Dementia Care
Professional Insights-In the second episode of Professional Insights our host Paulan Gordon talks with Phyllis Fehr about Rights for people living with Disabilities.
Reserves of strength
Fighting Dementia with Memories of Childhood and...
Commonly Heard, Commonly Said: Catchphrases that Hurt Long-Term Care Practice and How to address...
Commonly Heard, Commonly Said: Catchphrases that Hurt Long-Term Care Practice and How to address the Issues They Imply
Author I Warner-Maron, PhD, RN-BC. Published online in Annals of Long-Term Care, April, 2018
Here’s an Idea for Community Outreach/Benefit
Stop the Bleed is a national awareness campaign and call-to-action. Stop the Bleed is intended to cultivate grassroots efforts that encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency...
Resources for Dementia Care
Pre-recorded Webinar: Staying Ahead: Dementia Care for Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living with Teepa Snow
meetme: The MoMA Alzheimer’s Project: Making Art Accessible to People with Dementia
Molecular link between aging and neurodegeneration
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Resources for Wellness and Wellbeing
“Dress Like a 100-Year-Old Day”: A Call to Action
Diagnoses not the key to predicting rehospitalization chances of nursing home residents: Study
Coordination of Care Improves Outcomes for Patients With Multiple Ailments
Discovering...
Emergency Preparedness Tools and Resources
CMS Emergency Preparedness Checklist: Recommended Tool for Persons in LTC Facilities & Their Family Members, Friends, Personal Caregivers, Guardians & Long-Term Care Ombudsmen.
Downloadable Emergency Preparedness Poster for Older Adults and People with...
Resources for Dementia Care
Tools for Professionals
Treatment of Vascular Dementia
Dementia symptoms peak in winter and spring, study finds
A New Virtual World for People With Dementia
Resources for Wellness and Wellbeing
There's Now a Starbucks Staffed Entirely by Seniors — And the Coffee Chain Says More Are on the Way
Creating Masterpieces Through Community-Centered Living
Why these university students love living with seniors
Creating...
Evidence-Based Practices: How to Find Them, Choose Them and Use Them
How can providers make evidence-based practices work for them, once brought into their own communities? Professional researchers give advice on what constitutes good research and how implementation challenges can be overcome. Read more from...
LeadingAge Kansas’ Grants Clearinghouse
See the list is a sampling of grants and funders that are available in Kansas, have a special focus on education, or have a special focus on aging issue. Check Out LeadingAge Kansas’ Grants Clearinghouse.
Member Resources for Boards
The For Your Board Newsletter is for you to provide to your Board Members. Each quarter we focus on a specific governance topic to help you, your leadership team and your board in planning,...