LEAP into Culture Change for Long-Term Care & Senior Living
By Jayne Schaefer
Aging services are increasingly focused on moving toward building a caring culture that encourages staff to become partners with residents and their families in creating person-directed care within their long-term care (LTC) or senior living (SL) communities. The goal is to move from the old culture of providing care to a new culture of encouraging residents to be the drivers of their care and staff to honor their decisions and choices.
As communities aspire to build on these principles, it is essential that staff learn and develop the skills that promote positive staff relationships, which, in turn, create exceptional experiences for residents and their families. Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging developed three staff training options to provide communities with the tools to create this culture of care.
Offered in train-the-trainer workshop format, each option focuses on sets of skills necessary for culture change. All workshops offer continuing education units for registered nurses, nursing home administrators, and social workers.
LEAP 101 provides LTC communities with the tools to begin their culture change transformation. The focus is on three key areas: person-directed care, peer mentoring, and primary/consistent assignments.
LEAP LTC is an award-winning program proven to significantly increase nursing staff retention, improve work effectiveness and job satisfaction, and reduce health deficiencies in LTC communities.
LEAP for Senior Living builds on the principles of person-directed care as they relate to assisted living, independent living, and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). Its unique interdisciplinary approach focuses on cultural/ethnic diversity among staff members and residents, plus strategies for effective communication, team building, and normal aging issues.
For more information about LEAP programs, please e-mail jschaefer@matherlifeways.com or call (847) 492.6774.
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