KDOA Quality Practice Work Group
Members - - Falls
Representing Kansas Department on Aging
- Pamela Johnson-Betts (ex-officio)
Secretary
Kansas Department on Aging
503 S. Kansas Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612
785-296-5222
E-mail: PamelaJohnsonBetts@aging.state.ks.us
- Mark Boranyak
Commissioner, Licensure, Certification and Evaluation
Kansas Department on Aging
503 S. Kansas Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612
785-296-0383
MarkBoranyak@aging.state.ks.us
- Greg Reser
Director, Licensure, Certification and Evaluation
Kansas Department on Aging
503 S. Kansas Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612
785-291-3374
GregReser@aging.state.ks.us
- Gary Ingenthron
Director, MH/RCF
Kansas Department on Aging
503 S. Kansas Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612
785-296-1253
GaryIngenthron@aging.state.ks.us
- Vera VanBruggen
Director, Long Term Care Division
Kansas Department on Aging
503 S. Kansas Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612
785-296-1246
VeraVanBruggen@aging.state.ks.us
Representing Kansas Association
of Homes and Services for the Aging
Kansas Health Care Association
- Jim Klausman
President and CEO
Midwest Health Management
3714 SW 29 th Street
Topeka, KS 66614
785-272-1535
E-mail: jklausman@midwest-health.com
- Kathy Graves
9011 West 82 nd Street
Overland Park, KS 66204
913-642-2203 (home)
913-642-8069 (fax)
913-642-2305 (cell)
E-mail: gravesdm@msn.com
Representing Kansas Adult
Care Executives
- Kim Halbert, RN, BS, LACHA
Administrator
Sandstone Heights
440 State Street
P.O. Box 50A
Little River, KS 67457
620-897-6266
E-mail: sandstone@lrmutual.com
Kansas Hospice and
Palliative Care Association
- Karren Weichert
President and CEO
Midland Hospice Care
200 SW Frazier Circle
Topeka, KS 66606
785-232-2044
E-mail: karrenw@midlandhospice.org
Other Affiliations
- Representative Bob Bethell
P.O. Box 186
Alden, KS 67512
620-534-3085
E-mail: bethel@ink.org
- Sarah Forbes Thompson
Associate Professor
School of Nursing
The University of Kansas Medical Center
Mail Stop 4043
3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66160
E-mail: sthompson2@kumc.edu
