Health care: Staffing for elder care at 'crisis level'

"Everywhere we go anywhere in the state, when we talk to health care providers and aging service providers, the number one concern that's keeping them up at night is staffing. 100 percent." Those words from Rachel Monger, vice president of government Affairs at LeadingAge Kansas, summarize the frustration felt across almost every industry in the state. Monger's organization represents nonprofit agencies providing aging services throughout the state, and 60 percent of those members are located in small, rural communities...