November 9 - 11, 2010:  KYIQ will have a Resource Exhibit at the Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities. Click here for details!

Past Events

October 14, 2010:  KYIQ's Anne Peak attended the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting, in Portland, OR. She presented a poster and gave a talk detailing her work with KYIQ, a groundbreaking piece involving a case study and program evaluation of the KYIQ group. Her work was well-received among the approximately 3,000 attendees!

October 29, 2010:  KYIQ will send Anne Peak and Lois Pemble  participated in the Christian Care Communities' annual meeting with a panel discussion (facilitated by Tim Veno) addressing the question,” What does Kentucky need (and expect) from its largest faith-based long-term care provider?” KYIQ has been asked to offer ideas on ways to maximize resources to improve care.

June 21, 2010:  Anne Peak and Lois Pemble were invited to speak to a meeting of the District Long Term Care Ombudsman on Monday June 21. The subject of the talk was the Facility to Facility Mentoring Program that is now available. The program encourages nursing homes to engage in a partnered development with a different home to share expertise and information in order to improve practices and programs. Any nursing home is eligible to participate at no cost either as mentor or mentee. The Ombudsmen present were encouraged to introduce the program to administrators and invite them to investigate further.

J June 22, 2010:  KYIQ Group exhibited at the Annual UK Summer Series on Aging, held at the Marriott Griffin Gate in Lexington.

June 23, 2010:  Lois Pemble attended meeting of the Ky Coalition for Person Centered Care. The discussion focused on plans for the web site and the upcoming Pioneer Network Conference to be held in August in Indianapolis.

June 2, 2010: KYIQ Participates in Senior Expo: Christ Church United Methodist Open Door Ministry. Louisville, KY.

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34 Exhibitors at your service!  Questions? Contact Nancy Trentham (502) 649-7919

April 21, 2010: Nancy Trentham and Lois Pemble of KYIQ met with Kimberly Baker, Kentucky State Ombudsman in Frankfort.  Discussion centered on the Mentoring Program sponsored by the Office of the Ombudsman and KYIQ.

KYIQ sponsors a holiday gift tree called "Silver Bells."  Joseph Beth Booksellers, at Lexington Green and Worlds Apart in Chevy Chase each hosted a 'Silver Bells" Holiday Gift Tree decorated with names of nursing home residents in Fayette County. It was a rousing success for Fayette Co, KY. We distributed 586 gift bags to 11 nursing homes in the county. It has been really heartwarming to see the beautiful gifts that people brought. Everyone is up for next year with imnprovements in our control system! Thanks to everyone who helped and made a big difference.

KYIQ Best Practices Award to Superior Care Home featured in the Paducah Sun.  Click here to read.

KYIQ Group is partnering with the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program to promote best practices in nursing homes across Kentucky and develop a facility to facility mentoring program to enable facilities to share their expertise  Click here for details.

KYIQ Group establishes a Special Recognition Award. Click here for details!

May 16, 2009: KYIQ Group exhibited at the Open Doors Ministry Long Term Care Health Fair in Louisville. The State Ombudsman, Kimberly Baker gave the keynote address. There was information on all aspects of long term care. The KYIQ Group looks forward to participating in future activities of this type.

June 22 & 23, 2009: KY IQ Group presented an exhibit table at the UK Summer Series on Aging. Location: Marriott Griffin Gate in Lexington, KY. Click here for details!

June 24, 2009: KYIQ Group hosted a multi-disciplinary meeting in Lexington to explore the concept of Facility to Facility Mentoring as a means of enhancing care for all residents.