Culture Change
NCCNHR encourages all residents, family members and advocates to learn more about the culture change movement that is in many ways the full implementation of the 1987 nursing home reform law.
Culture Change News
 July 23rd Hearing: Person-Centered Care: Reforming Services and Bringing Older Citizens Back to the Heart of Society
Pioneer Network and Culture Change
A grassroots movement to transform the culture of aging in America. The movement is called culture change, the transformation of traditional institutions and practices into communities in which each person's capacities and individuality are affirmed and developed. To learn more about the Pioneer Network, visit their website at: www.pioneernetwork.net.
Culture Change in Nursing Homes - a NCCNHR fact sheet on Culture Change
NCCNHR Resources - basic information for consumers that can be found on this website providing details on what individualized care is all about:
How to Select a Nursing Home
Individualized Care Planning
Family Involvement in the Nursing Home
Assessment and Care Planning: The Key to Good Care
Residents' Rights in Nursing Homes
Other Resources
Alliance for Health Reform Culture Change Issue Brief
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Improvement Satellite Broadcast and Webcast Four Part Series: From Institutional to Individualized Care
Visit the CMS Survey and Certification Online Course Delivery System http://cms.internetstreaming.com for registration, viewing instructions, satellite coordinates and handouts
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Part 1
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Nov. 3, 2006
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Integrating Individualized Care and Quality Improvement
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Part 2
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Feb. 2007
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Transforming Systems to Achieve Better Clinical Outcomes
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Part 3
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Apr. 2007
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Clinical Case Studies in Culture Change-Mandatory for LTC surveyors
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Part 4
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Sept. 2007
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The How of Change
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CMS Video on Person Directed Care - features Karen Schoeneman of the CMS Division of Nursing Homes and Thomas Hamilton, Director of the Survey and Certification Group at CMS discussing how person-directed care is consistent with existing federal regulations. http://www.pioneernetwork.net/research/cmsmov.wmv (media player is required to view this file)
NCCNHR Membership Supports Deep Culture Change
In 2004 NCCNHR members voted on a resolution supporting Culture Change.
Members plan and participate in Almost Home activities.
Almost Home
This PBS documentary chronicles a year in the life of a retirement community implementing “culture change,” aired on public television stations nation-wide on Tuesday, February 21, 2006. Learn more about the documentary and NCCNHR's partnership in this project. Click on the photo to buy a DVD. (Identify your affiliation with NCCNHR for a 20% discount.)
 To buy the DVD
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