Publications
Household Matters Toolkit (2006) (KAHSA) This toolkits componenets provide a detailed guide for how an organization can shape itself to become a resident directed service model with a well trained, empowered, and satisfied workforce.
Longterm Care Survey Toolkit (2004) (KAHSA) Manual consists of state regulations, pre-survey preparations, activities during a survey, post survey, protocols, policies, etc. Cost $150.
Quality Indicator Resource Manual - 2nd Edition (1999) (KAHSA) Cost $50.
Good Neighbor Program (1997) (KAHSA) Provides background information on property tax-exempt status for elderly housing and describes the KAHSA Good Neighbor Program for payments in lieu of taxes. Implementation steps provided. Cost $15.
Resources
A Decision-Tree Method for Reviewing, Evaluating, and Planning the Status of a Special care Unit For Persons with Dementing Illness. The National Alzheimer’s Center.
KAHSA Assisted Living Packet Includes sample KAHSA member assessment instruments, negotiated service and admission agreements and other resources.
Not-for-Profit Retirement Communities in Kansas: An Analysis of Their Economic & Fiscal Impacts, A Review of Their Community Benefits and Discussion of Issues Relating to Their Property Tax Exemptions Cost $10
Nursing Home Turnover: Identifying Behavior Change Intervention Points To Improve Staff Retention In Nursing Homes (1998) Wichita State University, KAHSA and ARI. Study conducted in six Kansas Nursing Homes with recommendations for improving staff retention.
Promoting Adult Day Programs: Attracting New Participants on a Shoestring Cost $15 (manual developed by Partners in Caregiving Program at Bowman Gray School, Winston-Salem, NC). Call 1-910-716-2011.
Quality Monitoring Pathway Tools (1997) (KAHSA) This valuable resource is meant to be used in conjunction with a facility’s existing quality assurance program and the Quality Indicator reports which each Kansas nursing facility receives on a quarterly basis. The tools coincide with each of the 12 Quality Care Indicator Domains and lead the use on a "path" toward identifying and correcting possible individual and systemic resident care problems. The pathways were developed considering the federal survey protocols and clinical guidelines.
Record Retention in Long-Term Care Facilities with Detailed Kansas Supplement (1992 & 2000) (AAHSA and Gail Edson) A Technical Assistance Brief contains a supplement detailing Kansas state requirements. This booklet provides an excellent guide to records retention in long-term care and other health care facilities, identifying those records that must be retained and the minimum retention periods for such records. KAHSA has added a valuable supplement that contains Kansas specific requirements regarding retention.
SRS Rules and Regulations (K.A.R. 30-10 regulations). Cost $25
Other Resources Available Upon Request
Resident Elopement Sample Policies and Procedures. (1997) DPA Associates.
AAHSA Technical Assistance Briefs
A Practical Guide to the OHSA Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence Among Health Care and Social Service Workers. Michael J. Underwood; Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur.
Budgeting and Purchasing Capital Equipment. (1997) Jack R. Anderson.
Complying with Medicaid and Medicare Fraud and Abuse Provisions. Sanford V. Teplitzky, Esq.; Howard L. Sollins, Esq.; Venel D. Brown, Esq.; Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver.
Conducting a Needs Analysis for Home and Community-Based Services. (1996) Nancy Koury King.
Criteria for Meeting the Assessor’s Challenge to your Non-Profit Facility’s Tax-Exempt Status. Eugene T. Hackler, Esq.; Hackler, Londerholm, Corder, Martin, & Hackler.
Drug and Alcohol Testing for Human Services Transportation Providers Chris Zeilinger; Community Transportation Association of America.
Dying Buildings Come to Life, Coordinating Services in Senior Housing with Flexibility and Creativity Susan C. Lanspery, Ph.D.
Financing Options for the Development of Affordable Housing: A Resource Guide for Nonprofit Providers AAHSA Development Corporation.
Fostering Effective Management/Resident Relations in Continuing Care Retirement Communities Condensed from a transcript of Session 15-B, "Fostering Effective Management/Resident Relations," a panel presentation at AAHSA’a 1994 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Orlando, Fla.
Guide to Risk Management (1995) Henry Ward Johnson and Co., Inc.; ITT Hartford Insurance Co., Inc.
How to Manage a Fair Housing Complaint Frances W. Hamermesh, J.D.; Alicia Butler.
How to Work with Your State Housing Finance Agency Michael M. Richardson.
Negotiated Risk in Assisted Living (1996) Joseph L. Bianculli, Esq.; Law Offices of Joseph L. Bianculli; and Karen Brown Wilson, Ph.D.
The Impact of the Fair Labor Standards Act On the Use of Volunteers By Long-term Care Facilities. Jeffrey A. Chanay, Esq.; Entz & Chanay, P.A..
The Relocation and Transfer of Older Persons: When Decision-Making Combines with Ethics. Dr. Robert L. Schneider, DSW; Bibhuti Sar, MSW.
Using Tax Credits for Housing for Older Adults: A Resource Guide for Nonprofit Providers. AAHSA Development Corporation.
