Carmen Bowman, Author, Consultant, Edu-Catering: Catering Education for Compliance and Culture Change The new CMS regulations which went into effect Nov. 26, 2016 now include many culture change practices and principles, one of which is person-centered care planning. In last week’s… Read more
Pioneer Networking and the Culture Change Movement
We are glad you are interested in staying up to date with the latest news and events in the culture change movement. Check back here regularly to read blog posts from both Pioneer Network staff and other culture change and person-directed care experts.
Person-Centered Care and Care Planning Makes it into the New CMS Regulations, Part I
Carmen Bowman Author, Consultant, Edu-Catering: Catering Education for Compliance and Culture Change The new CMS regulations which went into effect Nov. 26, 2017 now include many culture change practices and principles. It is exciting when the government adopts what we… Read more
A Heart to Serve
Matthew Lysobey Director of Community Integration, Rockport Healthcare Services . . Are we seeing the disability or the potential? Would you believe that residents with diseases such as Alzheimer’s, stroke, Parkinson’s, MS, or vision impairment are preparing meals and… Read more
Change is Everywhere: Even the Pioneer Network Website!
Cathy Lieblich, Director of Network Relations Announcing the Launch of our Newly Redesigned Website! Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Pioneer Network is pleased to announce that we have redesigned our website with you in mind! We believe you will… Read more
Poetry at Sunrise
Wendy Boren, RN, BS Clinical Consultant/Educator Quality Improvement Program for Missouri (QIPMO) University of Missouri-Columbia Last week I was visiting with a young man whose family started out in the long-term care business over 80 years ago by opening the… Read more
Creating and Sustaining the Balance Between the Up-side and the Down-side Risk of LIVING
Ray Miller, MSOSH, Director of Risk & Safety Solutions, Direct Supply When we think of “risk,” particularly in the healthcare setting, we often think of the “fire” or the “fall” — the “downside risk.” And while I am not advocating… Read more
The Eight Best Ways to Kill Your Senior Living Culture
Steve Moran I have never, not once, met a senior living leader who said, “Our goal is to have a crappy culture.” And yet — if turnover and Glassdoor ratings are any gauge of how the senior living/post acute care world… Read more
Deepening the Capacity to Lead: Part 2
A Learning Organization by Kelly Papa, MSN, RN, Corporate Director of Learning, Masonicare University Last week, we explored the practice of appreciative inquiry as a means of deepening the capacity to lead in long term care. This week, we will… Read more
Deepening the Capacity to Lead: Part 1
Appreciative Inquiry by Kelly Papa, MSN, RN Corporate Director of Learning, Masonicare University Long-term care is filled with many challenges, joys and daily changes. It is vital for leaders to find time to practice leadership behaviors that support culture change,… Read more
Why Worry About Words?
Joan Devine Director of Education, Pioneer Network William Shakespeare posed the famous question, “What’s in a name?” Shakespeare believed that “that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” If you called a rose a… Read more
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