New and Returning Faces in the Membership
We would like to extend a warm welcome and congratulations to the following individuals who have new positions. We look forward to working with all of you.
Carl Noyes has been named Assisted Living/Independent...
Fun Teambuilding Exercises at Good Samaritan Society of Ellis
Staff of the Good Samaritan Society-Ellis participated in a recent team building activity. Blindfolded partners worked to identify and guess a variety of foods dependent upon the clues given regarding the food's textures, temperatures,...
Program Service Revenue (Millage Form) Information Due Today
If you haven’t provided your program service revenue information, please do so by the end of the day today. We have one of the highest response rates in recent years so thanks to everyone...
Why Clean with Microfiber?
Microfiber technology may be the most significant product innovation to the cleaning industry in the last century. It’s a quick and easy switch toward helping preserve environmental resources. In using microfiber material, you'll find...
Attn Service Coordinators and Site Managers: New Resource Provides Learning and Networking Opportunity
We have partnered with LeadingAge Maryland for Housing Happenings which are short, practical learning sessions for service coordinators, property managers, and other individuals who work with older adults in affordable housing settings. The sessions...
Wellness and Wellbeing Resources
Enjoy the latest from around the web regarding wellness and wellbeing.
Risk for Dementia May Increase With Long-Term Use of Certain Medicines
Adopting a healthy lifestyle helps reduce risk of dementia
Old Dogs, New...
National Center for Trauma Informed Care
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC) is a technical assistance center dedicated to building awareness of trauma-informed care and promoting the implementation of trauma-informed practices in programs...
Medicaid Eligibility Transition Update
We attended the monthly meeting with KDHE to review their progress on the transition of the Medicaid eligibility program back into the agency. Here is the latest progress:
Hiring: The agency continues to recruit and...
Fire Marshal Stakeholder Meeting
We attended the quarterly stakeholder meeting with the Kansas State Fire Marshal’s office. We had a tough discussion on reports of bad behavior of inspectors at our member nursing homes. The fire marshal was...
KDADS Nursing Home Stakeholder Meeting
We met with KDADS leadership last week for our monthly stakeholder meetings. Unfortunately, many of the items we added to agenda to speak about were postponed because the Survey and Certification leadership were out...
New CMS Changes to Requirements of Participation: Q &A
LeadingAge National has published a Q&A document they developed for the new CMS changes to nursing home regulations that was published on July 18th. This is on top of the previous summary of the rule they...
KDADS Survey Data for Nursing Homes and Assisted Living
KDADS has shared the following survey trend data for the first half of 2019:
Nursing homes
Assisted living/Home Plus/RHCF