Kari Bruffett Named to National Rural Panel
Kari Bruffett, Vice President for Policy at the Kansas Health Institute (KHI) has been invited to join the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health...
STAR 2.0 Available on Website
The STAR 2.0 train-the-trainer video is now available on the KING website. KING members must log-in to access the member only resources and the...
Senior Housing Co-Ops
Senior Housing Co-Ops: A Growing Trend and Possible Way to Serve Middle Market
Zvago, a LeadingAge Member Senior Co-Op
Nancy’s Place Home Plus Up and Going at Aldersgate Village
Nancy’s Place is the newest service offering at Aldersgate Village in Topeka. The Home Plus features 12 private suites with full baths; a staffed...
Benefits of Comprehensive Long-Term Care Culture Change
A 2017 study by the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston found that comprehensive adoption of person-centered care and the household model can enhance the...
Palliative Care for People with Dementia Guidelines
CaringKind's Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia: Training and Implementation, addresses the need for improving the quality-of-life and care for residents diagnosed with advanced dementia...
Research Snapshot: Intergenerational Programming in Senior Housing
During 2017, LeadingAge and Generations United conducted a year-long study focused on exploring the characteristics, benefits, implementation challenges, and promising practices associated with intergenerational...
“Right-Sizing” Nursing Care Settings in a Life Plan Community
From their inception, life plan communities, also known as continuing care retirement communities or CCRCs, typically featured an assortment of independent living residences and...
CMS Fixing SNF Payment Calculation Error
CMS notified Skilled Nursing Providers on Aug. 22 that there was a calculation error in the FY2016 baseline period performance data that excluded certain...
IMPORTANT: CMS Posts Final Version of MDS 3.0 and Allowable ICD Codes Available
CMS has posted the final version (V3.00.1) of the MDS 3.0 Data Specifications for Skilled Nursing Facilities, which take effect Oct. 1. They also released...
Drug Diversion Pathway and Support Tools
New long-term care focused Drug Diversion Prevention Pathway and support tools to help you increase awareness, assess your processes, create individual plans for intervention implementation, and...