Click on the audio above to hear "A Day In The Life," a riveting audio from the perspective of a nursing home resident. (Depending on the speed of your connection, the file above may take up to 10 seconds to load.)
The Pioneer Network has finalized its new Dining Practice Standards that support self-directed living instead of the traditional, treatment-centered ways in regards to food and dining practices. Learn more and download the Standards here.
The F248 Tag provides insight into what is expected of activities and recreation programming for nursing homes, assisted living facilities and long-term care facilities. Read more here>>
Abaqis is a tool designed to replicate the methods and procedures of the Quality Indicator Survey (QIS). Abaqis uses the same calculations, thresholds and analysis as the QIS to quickly highlight residents at risk and provide the tools needed to address their needs. Learn more about the tool here.
Improve your quality assurance process and satisfaction by using these 508 Compliant QIS survey forms. These are the same forms regulators use during the survey process. Click here to download the forms.
The Alzheimer's Association website is a great source for research, tools and information. Their professional care providers section provides a variety of useful materials for facilities and professionals, and the CareSource section helps caregivers coordinate assistance from family and friends, locate senior housing and enhance caregiving skills. Visit the Alzheimer's Association website here.
The NYS Department of Health's Edge Program is a web based resource designed to give staff members in dementia care settings the tools they need to help provide quality care. The program offers guidance to identify and implement interventions that specifically address care and communication challenges faced in dementia care. Read more here>>
The Alzheimer's Association's Green-Field Library is the nation's largest library and resource center devoted to increasing knowledge about Alzheimer's. Librarians are available to take questions by phone, e-mail or live chat. Online users can search the catalog, find books, journals and videos. Subscribe to their Web feed to be alerted when something new is added to the collection. Visit the website here.
This short video is a drama about families, conflict and aging. A man struggles to balance his roles of doctor and son in his relationship with an aging father. Watch it here.
Windsor Place in Coffeyville, Kan. has developed a creative way to keep residents engaged by integrating an all-day kindergarten class into the facility. In the Age to Age classroom, residents and students read together, exercise and learn valuable lessons that only the elders can provide. Through the classroom interaction, this facility has found a way to battle the three illnesses of loneliness, helplessness and boredom that plague nursing homes. Learn more here.
"INSIDE ALZHEIMER'S: How to Hear and Honor Connections with a Person who has Dementia," is a new book on dementia by Nancy Pearce, a medical social worker with more than 20 years of experience in long term care, with a foreword by Dr. Allan Power, Eden Mentor at St. John's Home in Rochester, N.Y., and associate professor of medicine at the University of Rochester. The author discusses the principles that have "helped hundreds of caring family members, friends and professionals bridge the gap between their known and comfortable worlds and the sometimes daunting, unchartered territory of time spent with a person with dementia," according to the publisher. The book is available through Amazon and Barnes & Noble as well as the publisher here.
Bigfork Valley, an Eden Alternative facility in northern Minnesota, maintains a person-centered model of care by using career ladders, weekly team decision-making meetings and a blended workforce in which frontline staff at all levels are trained as certified nursing assistants. Learn more here.
This video depicts transforming old antiquated ways into person-centered care philosophies where love and relationships matter. http://bit.ly/8Y6KuB
A newsletter from the Culture Change Network of Georgia features the latest news from sources worldwide and is a great way to stay informed. http://bit.ly/chlDL2
"Look at Me" is a video by the Veteran's Administration that tells the story of an elder in a long-term care facility. He asks those who care for him to see him as an individual instead of the shell of a person he is now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB1I2eV64cw Purchase the video here.
An article and video interview with Dr. Allen Power, Eden Mentor at St. John’s Home in Rochester, NY and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester, titled "Dementia Beyond Drugs: Changing the Culture of Care." Purchase the book "Dementia Beyond Drugs: Changing the Culture of Care" here. http://www.theconference.ca/index.php?/ Dementia-Beyond-Drugs
Eden At Home Series: Applies the 10 Eden Principles to those elders living at home along with their care partners (family, friends, neighbors, volunteers, home health professionals)
www.ednenalt.org/eden-at-home/eden-at-home-seris.html
Embracing Elderhood: Partners elders and young people and/or volunteers to capture the elder’s legacy by way of establishing a life bio for future generations and builds connectedness with community
www.edenalt.org/EAH/EmbracingElderhood.html
Advocating for the New Old Age: A Pioneer Network Call to Action DVD
Pioneer Network believes that past and the present models of care do not have to be the future. In this video, Pioneer Network invites you to meet Imogene (age 90), her family and others across America who describe the need for a culture of aging where the individual does not become lost; and a culture of aging that is respectful, meaningful and supports their legacy. Learn more http://www.pioneernetwork.net/Store/AdvocatingDVD/
*For pricing information on multiple copy orders, please call 585-271-7570.
Old Age in a New Age -- The Promise of Transformative Nursing Homes
A book by Beth Baker
When her grandmother "lost her spark" after moving into a conventional, medical model nursing home, Beth Baker assumed it was the result of old age and frailty. But after four years of extensive research for her new book, Old Age in a New Age: The Promise of Transformative Nursing Homes, the writer and former hospital worker is no longer so sure. Learn more http://www.pioneernetwork.net/Store/OldAgeNewAge/
The Kansas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (KAHSA) has been helping nursing homes in the state lead the national person-centered care movement for the last 10 years. Read more http://www.kahsa.org/14a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3361&textonly=1
Other Resources
IN2L's computer labs have opened up possibilities for tens of thousands of elders across the country http://www.in2l.com
Macklin Intergenerational Institute provides compassionate care and spontaneous exchanges that result in contact between and among the generations http://www.mackliniginstitute.org
LifeBio helps people to tell and share life stories, preserving memories and relationships to last for generations http://www.lifebio.com
There is therapeutic importance in creating a tranquil, calming environment and atmosphere to provide patients the care they require in addition to offering another form of visual entertainment to get through the day
http://www.hugvideo.com
