AARP Kansas

By: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. September 21, 2021

AARP has released the August Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard, which tracks nursing home data including cases as well as resident and staff vaccination rates, and the news is alarming with COVID-19 cases increasing among staff and residents. In the four weeks ending August 22, 2021, the number of new nursing home resident cases of COVID-19 increased to 176, more than five times as many as the previous month. The number of new staff cases jumped during the same time period to 336, more than four times as many as reported in the previous dashboard.

AARP Kansas is Fighting for You

The Pleasanton Lincoln Library in Linn County will receive a 2021 livable community grant from AARP Kansas to create a private area within the library to allow older residents and their families access to a computer.

Wichita’s Sunnyside Neighborhood Association will receive a 2021 livable community grant from AARP Kansas to make improvements to the Grandparents Park located at Kellogg and Estelle. Sunnyside will implement a quick-action project to add picnic tables and landscaping to the park which was developed in 2013 by Sunnyside, the Central Plains Area Agency on Aging, the City of Wichita and AARP Kansas.

Topeka, KS – Cases of COVID rose significantly among Kansas nursing home staff and residents over the four weeks ending July 18, according to the latest release of AARP’s Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard.

Join AARP Kansas in August for a series of conversations about social isolation, what it is and how it is impacting older Kansans, especially during the global pandemic. AARP Kansas has been partnering with the Kansas Health Institute (KHI) for our Facebook Live events to talk about social isolation.

TOPEKA, KAN.-- Topeka Independent Living Resource Center (TILRC) and Disability Rights Center of Kansas (DRC), acting on behalf of their constituents with mental illness, have reached an agreement with the State of Kansas to expand services and provide more community residential options for individuals living in, or at risk of being admitted to, Nursing Facilities for Mental Health (NFMH).

Communities across Kansas are working to become more livable for residents of all ages.

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