LEADINGAGE KANSAS UPDATES
- Miss our weekly webinar today? Listen to the Recording. View the PowerPoint. Don’t miss next week where we will have special guests Ruth Katz and Jodi Eyigor from LeadingAge National providing us an update on nursing home-specific advocacy from LeadingAge National. Register now.
- Letter to Governor from LeadingAge Kansas, Kansas Health Care Association and Kansas Adult Care Executives about additional state funding for COVID prevention and care in nursing homes.
- Testimony from LeadingAge Kansas regarding liability protections.
- 8-hour online Temporary Nurse Aide training approved by Kansas. Unfortunately, the LeadingAge National program or others that are available are not Kansas-approved.
- KDHE Medicaid eligibility policy regarding treatment of resident stimulus checks.
KANSAS UPDATES
There are 7,886 Cases of COVID-19 in Kansas
View the latest update of COVID-19 cases in Kansas. These numbers represent ONLY individuals that have had a positive COVID-19 test. | Map of COVID-19 in KS.
LEADINGAGE NATIONAL UPDATES
Virtual News Conference: Older Lives Are Not Expendable
Yesterday, LeadingAge held another press conference to sound alarms that aging services providers still desperately need PPE and testing—and to question why the nation has still not prioritized our most vulnerable older Americans. The media event was the latest part of our aggressive media and messaging campaign to demand more from leaders.
Our own Katie Smith Sloan, was joined by Adam Marles from LeadingAge PA, and Jim Bernard from Presbyterian Senior Living, who offered the media a glimpse into what this pandemic is really like for members like you. Adam echoed one of the most important messages of the day, saying “I am outraged by talk of how lives are expendable. Older Americans’ lives are not expendable—they’re precious, just like yours or mine.”
Participating press including reporters from NBC, USA Today, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Post, Barron’s, and others, including McKnight’s, which ran stories this morning that reflect our core messages well:
- “Long-term care struggles for COVID-19 resources speak to deeper societal issue, leaders say”
- “Providers want more details after administration calls for universal testing at nursing homes”
Other Info from LeadingAge National
- HEROES Act Supports Nursing Homes; But More Is Needed To Support the Aging Services Field.
- LeadingAge’s Daily Need to Know for 5-15-2020.
- Coronavirus Daily Member Update Recording for 5-14-2020. Please register for live online updates here.Miss a call? Check out the call archives.
- COVID-19 Member Community – The Member Community is an online discussion forum between LeadingAge members about all things COVID-19. Join the COVID-19 group to ask questions, access resources, and share best practices for dealing with the coronavirus.
- Email COVID-19 Questions to: covid@leadingage.org.
- A complete timeline of insights, tools, and useful links is available here.
