| Areas of Focus |
The Essentials of Culture Change
Especially for those participants just getting started, we want them to understand the essentials of the "culture change" experience from vision to plan. The personal journey, stages of organizational change, ethical issues and financial viability will also be addressed.
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Operations
For some, this is the "nuts and bolts" of culture change, from activities to wellness programming. Key team roles will also be considered, including marketing, nursing, the medical director and pastoral care. |
Organizational Change Processes
In this area, we want sessions to focus on the key processes of person-directed organizational change in aging services, including planning, quality improvement, sustainability and team development. |
Research
This area will focus on the broad issues of evaluation, from making the mission/margin case to formal research projects. Topics of interest include special aging groups, financial outcomes, and quality improvement processes for sustainability. |
Work Force
Key workforce skills and tools will be examined here, including issues of recruitment and retention, consistent assignments, coaching and mentoring, conflict management and team development.
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Public Policy / Advocacy
In this area we are interested in a variety of regulatory and reimbursement issues on both the state and federal levels. We will also focus on civic engagement, funding for culture change and the growth of state coalitions for culture change.
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Leadership
The journey of culture change is everyone's responsibility and opportunity. However, this area will focus on the skills and styles of leadership, from team leadership to the key role of organizational governance/ownership. Succession and future leadership development will also be considered.
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Technology
This area of growing interest will focus on elder, family and staff communication, as well as program enhancement and research effectiveness.
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Environment
This area will focus on all aspects of the physical environment that might support our goals, from bathing spa to storage. Some major topics of interest include dining, emerging models, household design, interior design, life safety, lighting, new construction, outdoor areas and resident rooms.
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Journey
Story
Do you want to tell the story of how your community's
culture change journey? Be sure that your session description includes
sharing of the process you used to get to where you are today.
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Other
Perhaps our nine areas of focus do not capture a
major area of interest from your perspective. Please use this category
to indicate a new area that we should consider.
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