Quick Article on Improving Practice to Reduce Falls
Falls, typical incidents among older adults in the nursing home, are associated with debility, functional impairment, and mortality. Falls resulting in injury and medical complication have proven to be costly, and once the elderly...
Hand-in-Hand Dementia Training Series
The mission of the Hand-in-Hand training is to provide nursing homes with a high-quality training program that emphasizes person-centered care in the care of persons with dementia and the prevention of abuse.
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CDC Toolkit to Increase Influenza Vaccination among Health Care Personnel in Long-term Care Settings
This comprehensive toolkit includes a number of resources intended to help long-term care providers, agency or corporation owners and administrators provide access to influenza vaccination for their workforce and to help any employer of...
Seeber Promoted to Director of Spiritual and Life Enrichment
Pine Village is excited to announce the promotion of Ginger Seeber to Director of Spiritual and Life Enrichment. Ginger started as the Chaplain in 2015, and while she will continue serving as Chaplain her...
SunPorch of Smith Center Officially Open
October 1st marked the day the residents of SunPorch of Smith Center moved into their new Greenhouse. They hosted a celebration the week before for the community. US Senator Jerry Moran was on hand to help...
Homestead Health Residents Enjoy Happy Hour Activities
Homestead Health Center of Wichita KS hosted a Luau party for residents and family in conjunction with the monthly “Happy Hour” evening event. Approximately 60 residents and family enjoyed refreshments and beverages while listening...
SunPorch of Dodge City Now Offers In-House Speech/Language Therapy
A new service at SunPorch of Dodge City is now available to help elders communicate their wants and needs more clearly, said Sheila Bills, state director of Aegis Therapies.
Aegis has added speech/language therapy to...
New LeadingAge Magazine: A Destination for Talent
Here are a bunch of great articles featured in the recent LeadingAge Magazine.
A Destination for Talent
Recruiting for a Purpose-Driven Workplace
Drawing Students to Our Field With College Partnerships
Building a Technology-Friendly Staff
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Upcoming Housing Happenings Calls
This is a free service to LeadingAge Kansas Housing/HUD members. This is a partnership between Kansas and Maryland with assistance from LeadingAge National. Check out the upcoming topics/dates and times. All times are Eastern.
Wednesday, October...
We Need Your Help: Take Action on New CNA Lockout Bill
Congress Introduced H.R. 4468: The Nursing Home Workforce Quality Act.
The Issue:
Under federal law, nursing homes are inspected annually and fines are assessed for any deficiencies in compliance with federal regulations. If these fines exceed...
Workforce Initiatives: What’s Working
This 18-minute QuickCast provides an overview of pressing workforce issues facing LeadingAge members and the promising practices and resources available to help address them.