Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP) · KC Senior Advisor
Michelle Park is a Certified Dementia Practitioner who guides Kansas City families through memory care decisions across the metro. She helps caregivers understand how Missouri and Kansas license memory care differently — DHSS-licensed Assisted Living Facilities under RSMo Ch. 198 on the Missouri side versus KDADS-licensed Adult Care Homes under K.A.R. 26-39 on the Kansas side — along with secured-unit requirements, dementia-specific staffing, and how to plan ahead as Alzheimer's or vascular dementia progresses. She has particular expertise in reading Missouri and Kansas inspection records for red flags before a family commits.
Michelle Park contributes practical, Missouri- and Kansas-specific guidance to the KC Senior Advisor blog. Our advice is free to families and grounded in current DHSS and KDADS licensing data and Medicaid rules.
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