STATE UPDATE

KDADS Updates Adult Care Home Guidance on COVID-19
Last week KDADS posted newly updated COVID-19 guidance for adult care homes. The guidance is intended to match the newest CDC/CMS guidance for nursing facilities. If there are any discrepancies spotted between the two sets of guidance please let Rachel Monger rachel@leadingagekansas.org ASAP

LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS

Friday Webinar
Join us this Friday for an update on what is going on pertaining to COVID, updates on the association front, and much more.

If you haven’t registered already, you can do so here. You can also see archived webinars and get handouts here.

LEADINGAGE NATIONAL NEWS

Wednesday Coronavirus Update Call
About that bivalent vaccine and that flu shot….you’re probably wondering how to make decisions, what to ask, and how to help older people. On Wednesday, October 12th at 2:30 PM CT, we will be joined by Nicole Kostelc, a pharmacist, and Senior Manager of Clinical Support Services at Omnicare to discuss important issues around the new boosters that are available. She will answer your questions as your organization prepares for flu season and COVID-19 boosters for residents and staff. If you haven’t registered for LeadingAge Update Calls, you can do so here. You can also find previous call recordings here. Note that to access recordings of the calls you need a LeadingAge password. Any staff member of any LeadingAge member organization can set up a password to access previous calls and other “members only” content.

RESOURCES

The Long Shadow of COVID and Older People
Kaiser Health News released a recording of an event they hosted today, the “Long Shadow of COVID: Older People and the Ongoing Pandemic.”  The panel presentation covered the differential impact of COVID on older people, particularly those over age 85 and older people of color; vaccinations, boosters, and extra boosters; the confusion around “so many different messages” and questions about whether the pandemic is over; the impact of social isolation during the pandemic and even still; the impact of COVID on efforts to improve quality of life for people with dementia; and many other issues.

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