Department for Aging and Disability Services
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What We Do
Aging Services administers a variety of community-based programs for the aging population through contracts and grants of state and federal funds. The programs administered include Older Americans Act, congregate and home-delivered meals, caregiver programs, in-home services, Senior Care Act services, and the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).
Aging Services oversees and implements grants that assist individuals who are aging or have a disability under Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas (SHICK), Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP), and Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA). The SHICK program assists individuals with questions related to Medicare. The SMP program educates the community about reporting Medicare/Medicaid and health-care fraud and abuse, and how to identify and report scams. The MIPPA program allocates funding for increased outreach to Medicare beneficiaries, the bulk of which is targeted at coordinating, educating and enrolling low-income Medicare beneficiaries and the free Medicare Preventive services.
Nursing Facility Program Team
The Nursing Facility (NF) Program Team provides oversight of rate setting, quality incentives, change of ownership, Medicaid enrollment, Quality Care Assessments, and CMS enforcement actions for Kansas Nursing Facilities, Nursing Facilities for Mental Health, Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF), Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities, and the PACE program. The NF Program Team also oversees the Ventilator Program-setting rates for ventilator-dependent individuals in an NF and the ICF Gatekeeping process for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities. The NF Program Team manages the Promoting Excellent Alternatives in Kansas (PEAK) program that promotes and incentivizes NFs to implement person-centered care. Our program information can be found here:
AAA Locations
• Wyandotte-Leavenworth Area Agency on Aging (PSA 1) - Wyandotte/Leavenworth location
• Central Plains Area Agency on Aging (PSA 2) - Wichita
• Northwest Kansas Area Agency on Aging (PSA 3) - Hays
• Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging (PSA 4) - Topeka
• Southeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging (PSA 5) - Chanute
• Southwest Kansas Area Agency on Aging (PSA 6) - Dodge City
• East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging (PSA 7) - Ottawa
• North Central Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging (PSA 8) - Manhattan
• Northeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging (PSA 9) - Hiawatha
• South Central Kansas Area on Aging (PSA 10) - Arkansas City
• Johnson County Area Agency on Aging (PSA 11) - Johnson County
Aging Services Documents
Older Americans Act
Guidance Documents
Annual Area Plan Update and Planning Budget FFY 2025- FFY2022 COVID 19 OAA Final Financial Guidance
- FFY2022 OAA Planning Allocation
- FFY2024 OAA Actual Allocation
- FFY2024 OAA Planning Allocation 6-21-23
- Final 2022 DGA Policies and Instruction
- Final Grab and Go (GMEL) Policies and Instruction
- Final OAA Financial Reports Guidance
- GMEL Rollout Guidance
- Summary of Nutrition Policy Changes for 2020 DGA Update
Senior Care Act
Training Videos
May 25, 2022: Abbreviated Uniform Assessment Instrument / Uniform Program Registration & Grab and Go Meal Train-the-Trainer (watch below or watch it at https://www.youtube.com/embed/tRmclB23KEw)