FEDERAL NEWS
CMS National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call
CMS is holding a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call on Wednesday, July 13th at 2:00 PM CT. All nursing home stakeholders – providers, staff, residents, advocates, researchers, etc. – are invited to attend. Participants must preregister at this link.
COVID-19 Tests More Widely Available for People Who are Blind or Have Low Vision
Last month the Administration announced the availability of Bluetooth-connected COVID-19 tests for people who are blind or have low vision but supplies limited availability to only two tests per person. Starting today, the program is expanding to enable individuals to receive 12 test kits with each order. Here is the link for ordering these special COVID-19 tests or consumers can call 1-800-232-0233.
LEADINGAGE KANSAS NEWS
Join Us This Friday for our Weekly Webinar
Get the latest on COVID-19, CMS, the Legislature and more each Friday at 10 AM. If you haven’t registered for future calls, you can do so here. If you would like to listen to updates you have missed, visit this page.
LEADINGAGE NATIONAL NEWS
Coronavirus Update Calls for Week of July 11th
On Monday, let’s catch up on current thinking around town and around the country on long-term care and aging services reform. And, on Wednesday, your questions answered and concerns addressed about proper ventilation and air filtering to ensure that we are keeping everyone as safe as possible.
COVID-19 has shown both the strengths and weaknesses of our aging services infrastructure. Many of the lessons learned can help us pave the way for a better future for aging services providers. On Monday July 11th at 2:30 PM CT, we will welcome back leading aging services economist Howard Gleckman from the Urban Institute, who will talk about the issues laid bare by COVID-19 and provide his insights on how we can create the aging services infrastructure of the future. LeadingAge members have also been curious about how proper ventilation and HVAC systems can help mitigate COVID-19 transmission and create healthier and safer environments. However these systems can be quite an investment for a community.
To help answer these questions, on Wednesday, July 13th at 2:30 PM CT, we will welcome Vito Ilacqua from the Indoor Environments Division of the Environmental Protection Agency. 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
A Fresh Look at Caregiving: Direct Care Workforce Solutions Webinar
The long-term care sector is facing a crisis in the supply of direct care workers, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a need to think differently about the compensation, skills development, mobility and value placed on this workforce which provides critical services to a diverse and complex population. Join the Long-Term Quality Alliance on Tuesday, July 26th at 1 PM CT for a solutions-focused interactive panel discussion of promising practices and areas for stakeholder collaboration. LeadingAge’s Senior Vice President of Research Robyn Stone will join speakers Carol Raphael of Manatt, Carrie Amero with AARP, and Joe MacBeth with NADSP. Learn more and register.
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