Fewer than 10% of long-stay residents at these 27 LeadingAge Kansas nursing homes received an antipsychotic medication during the 1st quarter 2016 – 1st quarter 2017.

  • Atchison Senior Village, Atchison
  • Bethel Home, Sabetha
  • Brewster Healthcare Center – Topeka
  • Caritas Center, Wichita
  • Covenant Place of Lenexa
  • Dawson Place, Hill City
  • Good Samaritan Society – Atwood
  • Good Samaritan Society – Cheyenne County, St. Francis
  • Good Samaritan Society – Wamego
  • Lakeview Village, Lenexa
  • Larksfield Place, Wichita
  • Lawrence Presbyterian Manor
  • Linn Community Nursing Home, Linn
  • Moundridge Manor, Moundridge
  • Mount Hope Nursing Center
  • Parkside Homes, Hillsboro
  • Prairie Mission Retirement Village – St. Paul
  • Salina Presbyterian Manor
  • Schowalter Villa, Hesston
  • St. Luke Living Center, Marion
  • Sterling Presbyterian Manor
  • Tallgrass Creek, Olathe
  • Topeka Presbyterian Manor
  • Via Christi Village Hays
  • Via Christi Village McLean
  • Via Christi Village Pittsburg
  • Wichita County Health Center LTC, Leoti

Now that’s progress. Congratulations on the results of your hard work. We encourage those of you working on decreasing resident antipsychotic use to reach out to these homes for tips and encouragement.

The average for Kansas in the 1st quarter of 2017 was 19.5%, down significantly from 26.1% in 2014.

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Rachel Monger, JD, LACHA is President/CEO. Rachel joined LeadingAge Kansas in 2011 as the Director of Government Affairs and has been a powerful voice for our membership ever since. Rachel is a Kansas licensed attorney and adult care home administrator. She received her bachelor’s degree from Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, MA, and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Kansas School of Law. Over the years, Rachel has served in many volunteer roles in her community and in the state of Kansas to support senior needs, aging services education, and community mental health services. She is also a member of the Board of Governors for the Kansas Health Care Stabilization Fund. As an award-winning trial lawyer, turned award-winning senior care advocate, she has spent nearly two decades passionately supporting quality of care and quality of life for Kansas seniors. When not at work, Rachel loves reading, crafting, volunteering with her church, and spending time with her partner Steven. You can reach Rachel directly at 785.670.8046.