An interview with Andrea Sherman, PhD, the President of Transitional Keys and Project Director of the Consortium of New York Geriatric Education Centers at New York University College of Nursing.
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The culture change movement in long-term care asks participants to let go of old traditions and adopt new ones. This promises to create environments where each person is known as an individual, has a voice, and can direct their own care.
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Timeslips is a group storytelling process for people with dementia.
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Bingo is not inherently evil. I know many people, of varying ages, who find it enjoyable. Still, Bingo can strike fear in the hearts of people who associate it with what they imagine to be a wasteland of mindless activities . . .
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Action Pact trainer Peggy Bargmann, RN shares her experience, along with those of three other RNs, of nursing in a culture change environment.
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Providers of care throughout the continuum of aging care services are taking a hard look at their culture and how they have designed and delivered services to elders.
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I’ve been at quite a few conferences in the past few years, and one thing I’ve heard from someone at every conference is that the OBRA regulations are in the way of innovative care, and that the surveyors will say no to anything new.
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The word “home” is a term that often associated with a place that is central to our lives may bring about images of a building, a room or at the very least features of a place.
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Person-first is a set of principles that honor the person before the task
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There was no medical reason for Maude’s rapid decline and death. Through in the middle stages of Alzheimer’s, she could still do for herself many of the daily tasks of living—she just needed help filling in the gaps.
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