Donna K. Woodward, CNA Originally printed in Singing Heart to Heart Connecting Through Music: Music Resources for Dementia Care and Activity Professionals (https://singinghearttoheart.com/home) Being a new CNA is challenging. Yes, in training I learned how to make a hospital bed… 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.
I’m Sorry. The power in just two little words.
Reprinted with permission from DRIVE A troubling incident at a senior living community made national news recently. Not so surprising, it happens way more than any of us cares to admit. The daughter of the alleged victim, a resident living… Read more
Workplace Culture: What Direct Care Workers Want You to Know
Emily Dieppa, Workforce Innovations Consultant, PHI In the long-term care sector, workplace culture is powerful. At its worst, it can drive direct care workers to leave their jobs, yet at its best, it can be an invaluable tool for attracting… Read more
Moving Beyond Person-Centered Care to Resident-Driven Communities
Cameron Camp, Center for Applied Research in Dementia, Michelle Hilgeman, PhD, Principal Investigator, MAP-VA, Lynn Snow, PhD, Co-Investigator, MAP-VA, Jennie Keleher, Implementation Coordinator, MAP-VA, Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center, Christine Hartmann, PhD, Co-Investigator, MAP-VA. How do residents drive the daily life… Read more
Lessons Learned as we were Making it Happen – Tidbits of Learning from the 2019 Conference
Joan Devine, Director of Education, Pioneer Network Working behind the scenes, the conference staff doesn’t get to many sessions, and yet the learning abounds! I’d like to share with you a few of the lessons I learned while in Louisville…. Read more
Stories From the Heart of the Home
Collected by Linda Bump, Registered Dietician, Consultant Action Pact and LaVrene Norton, Founder, Action Pact Life Happens in the Kitchen. Residents, staff and family come together through working and dining in the household kitchen. As a result, household kitchens are… Read more
Protecting and Promoting Culture Change Practices: What Surveyors and Nursing Homes Can Do
Ray Rusin, Former Rhode Island State Survey Agency Director Carmen Bowman, Regulator turned Educator, Edu-Catering: Catering Education for Compliance and Culture Change Doesn’t it break your heart when you hear of culture change practices stopping at a nursing home? There… Read more
Resident Advisory Committee: Fishing Academy
A Story from Milaca Elim Care and Rehab Center Contributed by Cindy Hemmerich, Recreation Director Performance improvement happening closest to the residents. That is a mantra we hear often when sharing ideas on effective approaches to Quality Assurance / Performance… Read more
Person-Centered Care: The Not So Secret Ingredient in Your Next Performance Improvement Plan
Joan Devine Pioneer Network Director of Education With the Phase 3 requirements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in full swing, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) is a term that is deeply imbedded into the vocabulary… Read more
Do We Need to Keep Repeating the Past: Is Bathing Still a Battle?
Joanne Rader, RN, MN, Pioneer Network Co-Founder I have recently been asked several times to teach about the work done in a study published in 2006 (Hoeffer et al.) often referred to as “bathing without a battle,” in which I… Read more
