Emily Deppa and Anna Ortigara Workforce Innovations Consultants, PHI We’ve all carried the weight of staffing challenges! Concerns about filling vacant jobs and reducing turnover within the workforce, whether in skilled nursing or in the community, are common. We hear… 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.
Thoughts about Alzheimer’s Disease — Up-Close and Personal
WHY? WHEN? HOW? Reprinted with permission from our friend Brian LeBlanc’s blog, Alzheimer’s: the Journey. I Have Alzheimer’s BUT, it Doesn’t Have Me! When looking at diseases that affect the daily lives of millions of individuals each and every day,… Read more
A Heart Full of Grace
Matthew Lysobey MPH, LNHA Rockport Healthcare Services “Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a… Read more
Being Better than a Stick in the Eye
Sonya Barsness, Revisionary Gerontologist Originally printed November 2, 2018 Being Heard, The Voice of a Revisionary Gerontologist Al Power, geriatrician and advocate for people living with dementia, tells a great story that Richard Taylor once told him. Richard Taylor is a person… Read more
A Provider’s Guide to Successfully Reducing Antipsychotic Medications
Clover Health Care, Auburn, Maine “Impressive” is the only word you can use to describe the remarkable success Clover Health Care in Auburn, Maine has had in reducing their antipsychotic drug rate. Determined to turn around their status as a… Read more
Avoiding Institutionalizing Person Centered Care
Marguerite McLaughlin, Consultant, New England QIN QIO, Healthcentric Advisors Margaret was a lovely, wisp of a lady who was living with dementia and came to live with us when circumstances were such that staying at home was no longer an… Read more
Hit hard by aging? Exploring why Facebook’s latest challenge should be challenged.
Facebook’s latest challenge started with a negative question about aging and it went viral. That’s a problem. Paul Weiss Pundits and social media watchers are calling it the first viral trend of 2019, and anyone participating on Facebook over the… Read more
The “Network” in Pioneer Network
Joan Devine, Pioneer Network Director of Education I am one of those people who has always believed that there is a lot of truth in the saying, “It’s not WHAT you know, but WHO you know.” For example, as a… Read more
#endageism
Mel Coppola I’ve stopped making New Year’s Resolutions. Seems they’re just another way to set myself up for failure and cause me to feel badly about myself. Don’t get me wrong — I certainly think the end of the year… Read more
A Pioneer Network Guide to the Holidays
Joan Devine, Director of Education Here we are in the midst of the holiday season, this season of giving, when we take the time to stop and cherish our friends and family, celebrating with parties and gift-giving. As I think… Read more
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