Pioneer Networking and the Culture Change Movement

Allison Duda Manager of Inspiration and Operations, DRIVE Do you struggle with recruitment and retention? Research shows that the median turnover in skilled nursing homes is about 44%, with a cost of several thousand dollars per replacement.How can you address… Read more

Joan Devine, Director of Education, Pioneer Network As we approach the 20th anniversary of the convening of the original Pioneers who came together to start this revolution to change the culture of aging, we often find ourselves asking the question,… Read more

By Diane Hall, RD, LD, NHA, President, Balanced Senior Nutrition and author of The Inside Scoop on Informed Choice: A Step-by-Step Guide for Individualizing Diets. Mrs. Callan (in future, Mrs. C) pushed her plate away. Enough was enough. She wasn’t going… Read more

By Karen Schoeneman, MPA, Karen Schoeneman Consulting, LLC – Pioneer Network The new nursing home regulations came out as final on October 4, and this has caused many an administrator’s heart to skip a beat. But don’t panic, CMS listened… Read more

Mel Coppola, President and Owner, Hearts In Care, LLC. Eden Alternative Educator and Mentor I always knew I wanted children–in fact, I wanted 5!  And in my mid-twenties I became pregnant with the first of my two wonderful daughters. In preparation… Read more

Mel Coppola, President and Owner, Hearts In Care, LLC., Eden Alternative Educator and Mentor I always knew I wanted children — in fact, I wanted five! And in my mid-twenties I became pregnant with the first of my two wonderful… Read more

Linda DeSmet, Family Support Mentor, Provision Living West County It was over a year ago when the leadership team of Provision Living, as they pondered the building of their new assisted living/memory care community, which would one day be home… Read more

Linda DeSmet, Family Support Mentor, Provision Living West County It was over a year ago when the leadership team of Provision Living, as they pondered the building of their new assisted living/memory care community, which would one day be home… Read more

Ruta Kadonoff, Executive Director If you work in or around nursing homes, your world has been buzzing over the last few days with talk of the final rule, the first major revisions to the nursing home Requirements of Participation since… Read more

Stephanie Gfeller, Long-term Care Program Coordinator and Judy Miller, Project Consultant, Kansas State University The importance of relationships between staff and family members is often overlooked and the relationship is not typically described positively. In one study that looked at… Read more