New Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkits Available from Department of Health and Human Services
The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released four new toolkits on antimicrobial stewardship for nursing homes.
The toolkits cover a variety of interventions that nursing homes can use to improve antibiotic...
Resources for Dementia Care
Supporting Family Caregivers of Older Adults with Dementia and a History of Trauma: Unique Challenges and Trauma-Informed ApproachesGreat resource from Jennifer Brush (Brush Development)--a PDF of Montessori-style activity ideas for folks living with dementia
Demographic Drought: How the Approaching Sandemic Will Transform the Labor Market for the Rest...
Demographic Drought: How the Approaching Sandemic Will Transform the Labor Market for the Rest of Our Lives, by R. Hetrick, H Grieser et al. Emsi/Burning Glass. 2021. This research report is a real eye-opener. Topics:...
LeadingAge Voting Resources
September 20th was National Voter Registration Day, an important reminder that having a plan to vote is really important for this upcoming election. Coming out of the pandemic, many states are once again changing...
Improving Communication About Constipation in a LTC Setting by Using the Bristol Scale
Read "Improving Communication About Constipation in a Long-Term Care Setting by Using the Bristol Stool Scale" by J Patel, A Chen, N Fewel and E Stock, PhD. Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care and Aging....
LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston
The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston offers various tools to help support the development of programs that use affordable senior housing communities as a platform for the delivery of health and support services to...
Share Your Creative Ideas and Resources for Meaningful Engagement
Let’s, as Anne Basting says, help create a “booster shot against loneliness.” With COVID-19 on the rise, loneliness and isolation are lurking again threatening brain health.The GCBH will compile information offering resources for meaningful...
KHN Reports on the Decline of Travel Nurses
A new in-depth report from Kaiser Health News looks at the rise and decline of travel nurses. As COVID relief funds are being exhausted across the country, contracts for traveling nurse staff are starting to decrease....
New Member Resource to Inform/Enagage Your Team Members: Leadership Rounding Template
There are many opportunities to round direct and indirect reports throughout the day that will result in building positive relationships, trust, and culture in your organization. The Leadership Rounding template from LeadingAge can help prepare...
LEED – A Resource for Energy Efficient Building
LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is changing the way we think about how buildings and communities are planned, constructed, maintained and operated. LEED is the most widely used third-party verification for...
Life Story Work in Older Adults May Improve Dementia Care
Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care and Aging. 2016;24(8):36.
LSW is a social intervention that, when used in older adults, involves helping them record aspects of their past and present lives along with future hopes. These chronicles...
IT Short: Using a Secure vs Unsecure Wifi Connection
LeadingAge Kansas’ IT Consultants host a weekly video blog on IT 101. These are great for the IT novice and a great reminder for the IT savants out there. Enjoy.