Through the Kansas Department for Aging & Disability Services, our office together with the Kansas Partnership to Improve Dementia Care is offering an opportunity to bring MUSIC & MEMORY℠ to the residents in your nursing facility. The project is designed to fully fund the certification of thirty (30) Kansas nursing homes as MUSIC & MEMORY℠ facilities and provide equipment for up to seven (7) residents with a diagnosis of Dementia from each facility to participate in the program. The training, certification and equipment will be provided at no cost to the facility – a value of over $1,400 to each facility.
All Kansas Nursing homes that are not currently certified as a MUSIC & MEMORY℠ facility are eligible to apply. Applications will be accepted through February 15, 2016. Facilities will be notified by March 1, of their acceptance in the Music & Memory project.
Limited funds are available. If demand exceeds our current funding levels priority criteria will be given to homes that:
• Are above the statewide average on long-stay residents who receive an antipsychotic medication;
• Are above the statewide average on long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms; and
• Are above the statewide average on long-stay residents who report moderate to severe pain.