Careers in Aging Services Brochure
Download our LeadingAge Kansas-specific brochure to print and hand out to high-school and college students to promote aging services careers. If you are interested in putting your logo on the brochure with us, please contact Dana...
Cost of Turnover Calculator
Use this calculator to figure out the cost of turnover in your organization.
Helpful Background Information:
Rule of thumb: the cost of replacing any employee is 25% of the salary amount
Average turnover for home care agencies...
Growing a Strong Direct Care Workforce: A Recruitment and Retention Guide for Employers
PHI released A Recruitment and Retention Guide for Employers to help attract and retain a strong workforce in aging services. PHI works to transform eldercare and disability services. We foster dignity, respect, and independence for all...
Team Member Student Debt Reduction Program
Article taken from the LeadingAge Workforce Website
Challenge:
Jan Roth, Vice-President of Talent Resources at Christian Living Communities (CLC) always has sought a variety of ways to assist and retain her current team members. CLC is...
What’s New in Leadership? Compassion
In a recent Forbes article, Margie Warrell highlights the reasons why leading with your head and your heart is now termed Compassionate Leadership. Read the article.
You can read more on the subject here:
7 Inspiring...
Nominate a Deserving Employee to be a “Hero 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...
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.
Why Home Health Workers Leave Their Jobs
This 12-minute QuickCast provides an overview of the underlying factors and other variables that impact home health workers' intention to leave their jobs.
Promising Practice Monthly Feature
Having issues finding qualified staff for your community? LeadingAge Illinois reached out to their state Department of Human Services Division of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) for help after learning about a program providing training to disabled...
Submit A Worthy Employee to be a LeadingAge Kansas Hero in Aging
We recently launched a new PR Initiative to improve the image of working in Aging Services. It is one of the outgrowths of our Workforce Commission who is focused on all things Workforce. Last...
Learn About the IMAGINE Initiative
LeadingAge just released the IMAGINE Initiative – International Migration of Aging and Geriatric Workers in Response to the Needs of Elders. The IMAGINE paper outlines a series of bold proposals that, if enacted, would enable aging services...