Week of September 12th

Join LeadingAge Kansas Staff, knowledgeable speakers, and fabulous exhibitors for this upcoming conference. Fall Conference Agenda includes: leadership strategiesemployee engagementemployee retentiongrowing your workforceculturefinancial sustainabilitynetworkingexhibitors celebrating Debra Zehr’s retirement Learn More & Register

Don’t miss this training happening next week. September 21st | 12:30 – 4:30 PM | Aldersgate Village – Topeka, KS  September 22nd | 12:30 – 4:30 PM | Larksfield Place – Wichita, KS  Description:  As the industry emerges...

This 4-week course begins October 19th. Dates: October 19th – November 16th *Mandatory Zoom Meetings October 19th and November 16th*Online classes run October 19th through November 15th About this course: This 4-week course combines online learning with Zoom sessions...

Online training takes place October 24 – 28. Dates: October 24th – 28th Location: Zoom (this event is live only and will not be available via recording) Who Should Attend: Directors of Activity, Program Directors, Therapeutic Recreation Specialists, Leisure Time Specialists,...

KDHE will offer several Medicaid training courses beginning October 4, 2022. The courses in this curriculum provide an overview of Kansas Medicaid which include: Medicaid Overview; History of KS Medicaid Managed Care; Medicaid Eligibility; Medicaid Eligibility - Home and...

CMS has posted a revised advanced copy of Appendix PP as an attachment to QSO-22-19-NH. The advanced copy was revised to include new regulatory language which was finalized in the Fiscal Year 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)...

The purpose of the Rural Health Network Development (RHND) Program is to support integrated health care networks who collaborate to achieve efficiencies; expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic health care...

Nursing Home Weekly RecapLife Plan Community Weekly RecapHome Health and Hospice Weekly RecapMedicaid HCBS and PACE Weekly RecapSenior Housing Weekly RecapWorkforce Policy Weekly Recap

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:...

The Demographic Drought: Bridging the Gap in Our Labor Force, by R Hetrick, C Martinez et al. Emsi/Burning Glass 2022.  This is a follow up report to the aforementioned report.  Topics are 1) how...

LeadingAge continues to add to their growing list of RoPs resources. There are three new toolkits from our partners at Pathway Health: Infection Control, Psychotropic Medication Use, and Drug Regimen Review. The toolkits are...

In this 25-minute QuickCast, Katy Barnett reviews changes coming to OASIS, what is added to the new OASIS-E item set, and steps to take to be prepared.