Aging Studies Program at WSU
Advance your career in senior living and across the aging profession with a graduate degree in Aging Studies from Wichita State University. The 36hr online Master of Arts in Aging Studies program allows you to specialize...
ICYMI – LeadingAge Kansas Gets State and National Media Attention on Staffing Agencies
From the Salina Journal: Medical facilities want change - Kansas nursing homes and hospitals have relied on staffing agencies – at a high cost (Featuring Rachel Monger and member Charlotte Rathke)
October 6, 2022 | Salina Journal, The (KS)...
MedPAC Commissioners Discuss Nursing Home Staffing Ratios
MedPAC held its October public meeting today; the agenda included a discussion on nursing facility staffing. MedPAC staff presented these background slides, including a data analysis pulled from 2019-2021 PBJ submissions. The analysis showed that agency...
Research from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston and Weil Cornell Medicine Links Job...
A new article in Geriatric Nursing by Verena R. Cimarolli, Natasha S. Bryant, and Robyn Stone, researchers at the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, and Francesca Falzarano, a researcher at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Division of Geriatrics...
EWA Webinar: Key Member Reports on Workforce and Caregiving
On October 11, 2022, at 2:00 PM CT, LeadingAge will participate in an Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) webinar titled, “Key Member Reports on Workforce and Caregiving.” The panelists at the session will highlight important...
Recap of the Candidate Listening Tour on the Aging Services Workforce
As promised, we are including the Power Point Presentation and an executive summary of the Multimedia Aging Services Workforce Situation Report.
Rose Conlan from KMUW out of Wichita joined us on a couple of sessions and she covered them...
Candidate Listening Tour Highlights Workforce Needs in Aging Services
This week, LeadingAge Kansas convened members and candidates vying for the KS House of Representatives to talk about the issues facing providers right now. The topic at hand is workforce and we released our...
PHI Releases New Annual Report on the U.S. Direct Care Workforce
PHI has updated an annual report, “Direct Care Workers in the United States: Key Facts” provides a snapshot of the direct care workforce demographics. The report includes details on job quality challenges, projected job...
LeadingAge Kansas Focuses on Workforce Challenges for Labor Day News
On Monday, September 5th, we sent a push out on our social media outlets (Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook) focusing on the workforce challenges in aging services. In an effort to raise awareness about the...
Pew Research Center Study, “Majority of U.S. Workers Changing Jobs Are Seeing Real Wage...
Amid reports of the Great Resignation of 2021 which has continued into 2022, the Pew Research Center conducted a study, “Majority of U.S. Workers Changing Jobs Are Seeing Real Wage Gains” to better understand...
The Business Case for Employee Well-Being Interventions
Michelle Holleran and her firm recently released this publication. Read the toolkit and consider what you can do for your organization’s employees.
Member Resources to Help With Workforce Issues Right Now
Onboarding Toolkit
This resource is available in the members only section of our website. As you hire new employees, this toolkit provides a great path for onboarding. Don’t worry about doing everything all at once....