Healthcare Preparedness Coalitions Offer Information, Training Opportunities
Kansas’s emergency preparedness system is anchored in part by six regional Healthcare Coalitions, which assist communities to ensure sustainability and recovery of health care services during a crisis or emergency. The KDHE website has a...
Bathing Without a Battle Launches Online Training Portal with Free CEs
The award-winning, evidence-based Bathing Without a Battle training on person-centered bathing for people with dementia is now accessible online free of charge. It includes modules on practical approaches to showering, tub bathing, in-room bathing, and...
Assessing the Edmonton Frail Scale, Multidimensional Geriatric Conditions
Read "Assessing the Edmonton Frail Scale, Multidimensional Geriatric Conditions" on Managed Health Care Connect.
Authors of a study recently published in BMC Geriatrics found that the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) can be a helpful and potentially cost-effective...
Funding Available for to Reduce Broadband and Telecommunications Costs
New funding is available to help rural skilled nursing organizations reduce their costs of telecommunications and broadband. This past summer, Congress passed legislation that makes skilled nursing organizations eligible to receive funding in addition to other eligible...
Become a Trial Partner to Test Aging & Brain Health Innovations
The Canadian Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation (CC-ABHI) is seeking trial partner sites to test and validate new and innovative solutions in the aging and brain health sector. If your organization is...
Meals on Wheels Innovation
Kaiser Health News in their January 2017 newsletter highlighted some innovative additional services provided by some Meals on Wheels programs. Meals on Wheels is trying to formalize the health and safety checks its volunteers already conduct during...
Revealing Research: 2016 Innovative Research on Aging
Read the 2016 Innovative Research on Aging, published by Matherlifeways Institute on Aging.
The Innovative Research on Aging Awards recognize excellent applied research that offers important implications for senior living.
For 2016, Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging...
Severe Weather Awareness Week is March 6th-10th
Make plans to observe Severe Weather Awareness Week in Kansas March 6th through March 10th. NOAA has developed a packet of information that provides statistics and suggestions to raise awareness about severe weather readiness.
Resources for Individuals With Dementia
Lola’s Art Kit
Memory Café Toolkit
Giving Voice Initiative inspires and equips choruses that bring joy, well-being, purpose, and community understanding to people with Alzheimer’s and their care partners. Use our toolkit to help...
Argentum Releases Memory Care Program’s Research
Argentum's latest Senior Living Innovation Series white paper centers on the field of programs that are marking the definitions of innovation in memory care.
The 32-page white paper is the third in a series of five topics...
Older Americans Month is Coming Up in May
If you want to focus on the people you serve and not just the level of service your organization provides, consider celebrating Older Americans Month this May. “Age Out Loud” is this year’s theme....