“Hand in Hand” Dementia Training Course on YouTube
A Hand-in-Hand dementia care training course by Linda Farrar is now available on YouTube. The training is divided into 6 modules, and are available to anyone who would like to use them.
Access the module...
LeadingAge National Center for Workforce Solutions Resources
LeadingAge National Center for Workforce Solutions Resources. Get a PowerPoint presentation on aging services to help you talk with your local high school students, information on promising workforce practices from around the country, a “cost-of-turnover”...
Looking for Special Days/Events?
Looking for special days/events for residents and staff to celebrate the rest of the year? Check out the National Day Calendar.
Quality Apex Now Available
Each quarter when your 5-star report comes out, do you wish you had a tool to help you understand your rating and what you can do to make it better? A tool to enable...
KDADS List of Alzheimer’s/Memory Care/Special Care Units
Click here for KDADS list of Alzheimer’s/Memory Care/Special Care Units.
Wellness and Wellbeing Resources
2017 Profile of Older Americans
WELCOA’s definition of wellness
Talking About Brain Health and Aging: The Basics
This printable flyer from the Administration on Community Living has great information to provide to individuals you serve or the greater community about protecting brain health. Download flyer.
The Fundamentals of Person-Centered Care for Individuals With Dementia
Person-centered care is a philosophy of care built around the needs of the individual and contingent upon knowing the unique individual through an interpersonal relationship. This review article outlines the history, components, and impact...
National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their...
This report to the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care and Services presents the results of the first National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and their Caregivers (the...
May is Older American’s Month
How are you celebrating? LeadingAge has developed a great set of tools to help you get great PR for your organization this month. Check it out!
Recent Study Finds Correlation of Hearing Loss and Chronic Falling in Assisted Living Residents...
Schonfeld, E et al. Correlation of Hearing Loss and Chronic Falling in Among Patients with Dementia in 3 Memory-Care Communities. Annals of Long Term Care, Vol. 26, Issue 2. March/April 2018.
Results of this study...