Orientation and On-Boarding: Mentors are Key to New Employees’ Success
BY JANET LYONS AND PAT MCBRIDE
Inspired by poor retention rates and looking for a way to boost quality of care and employee satisfaction, this provider developed its own staff mentorship program that brings out...
LeadingAge Kansas Commissions Job Satisfaction Survey – Will You Help?
LeadingAge Kansas has recently partnered with Puente Marketing who will be conducting a culturally competent aggregated survey of member nurses and aides working in nursing homes, long-term care units of hospitals and assisted living residences to...
Join WSU Tech on September 13th for Badge Credentialing Programs
You are invited to attend a special job description analysis (T-Profile) session for LeadingAge Members with the Education Design Lab and Wichita State University. This special session will take place on Wednesday, September 13th...
Kansas Apply Free Days
Do you have a staff member who has been considering going back to school? Tell them about the Kansas Apply Free Days! The Kansas Board of Regents will waive application costs for Kansas who...
Caregiver Advocacy Groups Launch Joint Initiative to Support Professional and Family Caregivers
PHI and the National Alliance for Caregiving, at NAC’s inaugural CaregiverNation Summit on October 25th, launched a multi-year initiative, Together in Care, to strengthen the relationship between direct care workers and family caregivers. Funded...
Participants Needed: Workforce Collaboration Group
We’ve been working to identify potential workforce issues and develop strategic initiatives for the aging services workforce. We are looking for individuals to participate in a collaboration group and provide feedback on these strategies....
LeadingAge Launches Third Annual Workforce Survey… And They Want to Hear from You!
LeadingAge continues to innovate and forge new workforce pathways and policies to support your work, and they need to hear from you. Please take a few minutes to answer a brief snap poll about...
Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition, Phase II
The John A. Hartford Foundation has awarded the Moving Forward Coalition $1.69 million in funding to continue work on improving nursing home residents' quality of life. The new three-year award begins on July 1st,...
Workforce Data from PHI
Are you a data lover and want to know more about workforce data in Kansas and across the US? Check out this website from PHI which is full of workforce data including wage trends, age, citizenship,...
Bipartisan Policy Center Releases Report Detailing the Direct Care Workforce Shortage
On December 7th the Bipartisan Policy Center published a report outlining the current crisis level shortage of LTSS direct care workers. “Addressing the Direct Care Workforce Shortage” authors identified three barriers to expanding the...
Report Finds Older Adults are an Increasing Portion of the Workforce… And Are Happy...
Pew Research Center released a report indicating that older workers comprise an increased percentage of the workforce and are earning higher wages. The findings suggest that older workers are working longer hours, more likely...
National Dementia Workforce Study funded at $81 Million
Through a collaborative agreement with multiple universities and non-profits, the study is designed to collect annual data on the dementia care workforce across multiple settings and worker training levels. Questionnaire content development is underway,...