HQI in New Contractor for CMS-Funded Performance Improvement Services
CMS has funded Health Quality Innovators (HQI) to deliver five years of no-cost assistance to nursing homes, physician practices and hospitals in Kansas through the CMS Quality Innovation Network - Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) Program. This is the...
Trauma-Informed Care Resource for Your Consideration
Here’s what one person-centered long-term care community uses to evaluate residents upon admission. Read the article.
National Center for PTSD
See these helpful links and articles from the National Center for PTSD.
Thank You for Donation to the LeadingAge Kansas Foundation Scholarship Fund
Yesterday was #GivingTuesday and we raised over $6,000 to provide scholarships to LeadingAge Kansas member employees! Did you know that we had a 93% increase in scholarship applications in 2019? That is fantastic and...
Pilkinton and Siple Appointed to BACHA
We are pleased to announce that Governor Laura Kelley recently named Heather Pilkinton, Executive Director of Topeka Presbyterian Manor and Amy Siple, APRN, a frequent LeadingAge Kansas Education Presenter on Dementia Care to the...
Kidron Bethel Village Accredited in Award-winning Dementia Care Program
The Kidron Bethel Village staff underwent a 14-month accreditation process to become a Comfort Matters provider. Comfort Matters is a program that focuses on improving the quality of care and quality of life for...
McKnights Features Robbie Clausen, New President/CEO at Lakeview Village
McKnights recently ran a great article highlighting Robbie Clausen and his new role at Lakeview Village in Lenexa. Read the article.
Ellis Good Samaritan Happenings
The VFW Auxillary have fun playing bingo with Josephine Urban and Ernest Zachman.
Ranny George and Miranda Anderson enjoy creating a fall craft with students from St. Mary’s School.
Hunting season was open this week as...
New Roles and Faces in the LeadingAge Kansas Membership
We would like to extend a warm welcome and congratulations to the following individuals who have new roles within our membership.
The new Administrator at Villa Maria in Mulvane is Doug Wyckoff and Niki...
Need Help With Recruitment? Let Us Help!
By Susan Hildebrandt, VP of Workforce LeadingAge National
Workforce challenges top LeadingAge members’ concerns. Recruitment is a multi-faceted activity involving marketing to and educating prospects even before the hiring process starts. That’s why LeadingAge has created...
CMS Releases Workforce Toolkits from CMP Reinvestment Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched an initiative, called The Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment Program (CMPRP), to assist nursing home teams in quality improvement efforts. The CMPRP is primarily focused on improving...
Federal Grants 101
Join, CharityHowTo for a live webinar and learn how to achieve your desired grant funding success through federal grants. You'll learn the following from this Live Nonprofit Webinar:
How to be “grant ready”
How to...