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Committee hears bill to require dementia training for state long‑term care ombudsman staff and volunteers
Summary
Senate Bill 88 would add dementia‑specific training requirements to the statute governing the state long‑term care ombudsman; proponents — including the ombudsman, the Alzheimer’s Association and clinicians — said formalized dementia training would improve investigations and resident advocacy.
The Kansas Senate Public Health Committee heard Sept. 20 on Senate Bill 88, which would add required dementia and memory‑care training to the state long‑term care ombudsman statute (K.S.A. 75‑7306). The bill would require the State Long Term Care Ombudsman and regional ombudsmen to receive training that includes understanding warning signs of dementia, person‑centered dementia care, effective communication, behavioral‑symptom recognition, alternatives to restraints, safety issues including wandering, referrals to local resources and protocols for reporting incidents of abuse.
Haley Ordoyne, the…
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