Fort Hays State University Launches University Center and Offers Healthcare Classes
FHSU is offering healthcare programs starting in August through the University Center. Satellite locations will be offered throughout the region. Now is the time to establish students. Here are the announcements for the RN to...
Careers in Aging Week is April 19th-26th – What Will You Do to Help...
We have partnered with the folks at LeadingAge National, Argentum, AHCA and the Gerontological Society of America to raise awareness about careers in Aging. This is the 3rd year we have celebrated Careers in Aging...
Want a Superior Workforce?
7 Tips About How to Develop a High-Performance Workforce
A superior workforce is one that is collectively better than an average workforce. It often includes employees who are smarter, faster, more creative, harder working, insightful,...
Seeking Nominations for Heroes in Aging
You have exceptional people working in your organizations and we want to help you highlight and promote them. LeadingAge Kansas recently launched a great image booster for our field called “Heroes in Aging” to highlight...
TeamSTEPPS®: Debrief for Improvement
Is your team regularly taking time to debrief and learn from their performance? Debriefs are short team meetings to review happenings. They offer the opportunity for continued learning and improvement by reviewing performance. In...
Kansas Among 20 US States With the Highest Percentage of Unemployed RNs
Here are the 20 states with the highest percentages of RNs who had active licenses but were unemployed in 2018 (the most recent data available):
Note: The list includes ties and results in a numerical...
EBI is Here For You
Rising employee health insurance costs got you in a tight spot? Check out EBI, a nonprofit member-owned and governed employee health insurance plan especially designed for LeadingAge Kansas members. EBI has 25 LeadingAge Kansas member employers and...
It’s Time to Care: A Detailed Profile of America’s Direct Care Workforce
An overview of the direct care workforce, including how this role has evolved in response to industry trends.
Every day, nearly 4.5 million direct care workers support older adults and people with disabilities across the...
6 Practices to Strengthen the Home Care Workforce
The Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts gave me one of my most memorable experiences of 2019.
It’s traditional to spend at least a few days each January making lofty, and sometimes unrealistic, resolutions about the...
Calling All Healthcare IT Professionals: Mentorship Opportunity Through JCCC
The Healthcare Information Systems (HCIS) and Medical Information & Revenue Management (MIRM) departments at JCCC are seeking volunteers to work with health IT students this semester, with a maximum of 1-2 hours per month, as career mentors. ...
TeamSTEPPS: Keeping Briefs Brief & Effective
Are your briefs anything but brief? Most organizations hold briefs, stand-up meetings or a team meeting by some other name. While important for sharing strategy, they are often time consuming due to lack focus....
Set Workforce as a Priority in 2020
What would happen if your organization took one year and focused all of its efforts on creating a workplace culture that nurtured, educated and inspired the people who work there? This means, no new...