QUALITY OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND
ENHANCING THE LIVES OF RESIDENTS IN NURSING HOMES
ONE FACILITY AT A TIME
The Agency for Health Care Administration began this project in 2005 in an effort to use federal Civil Money Penalty funds (fines) to support innovative ideas that directly impact quality of care or quality of life of nursing home residents beyond minimum standards. The ideas proposed must be innovative to the facility, the state or to long-term care.
In 2005, projects funded included resident or person centered care models, weight reduction projects,
fall reduction, dining enhancements, activity enhancements, education, and pain
management. The result of all of these projects has been positive. Many can
be used as a model for other facilities who wish to begin to change the culture
of their facility or enhance activities for their residents.
Final reports of projects funded in 2005 & 2006:
For the fiscal year 2006/07, 8 projects
with Florida nursing homes have been funded thus far.
In addition, we have provided funding to:
- The Florida Pioneer Network (FPN) who will conduct three educational forums
on enhancing the bathing experience in long-term care. FPN will bring Joanne
Rader, RN, MN, author of the book and video, "Bathing without a Battle" to
Florida to conduct a bathing forum in three parts of the state. The locations
will be in Jacksonville, Orlando and Miami on 5/21/07, 5/22/07 and 5/24/07,
respectively.
- The Institute for Caregiver Education will provide five one-day symposiums
for nursing home professionals across the state of Florida. These symposiums
will be directed at facilities interested in bringing Person-Directed Care
(Culture Change) practices to their homes. The symposiums will offer training
on a variety of care practices that are designed and proven to elevate the
quality of life and the quality of care for residents in nursing home settings.
The Person-Directed Care day long symposiums would be held in June 2007 in
five Florida locations, including: Fort Myers, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee,
Orlando and Miami. The events will consist of five major areas of practice
presented in 90-minute sessions. These will include: Culture Change 101, Making
the Business Case for Culture Change, Person-Directed Care in the First Year
of Implementation, Individualized Dining, and Community Life (a.k.a. "Activities").
Each day will end with a 30-minute "Wrap-Up".
For information on these projects, please contact:
Barbara Dombrowski
Agency for Health Care Administration
Bureau of Long Term Care Services
2727 Mahan Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32308
or by e-mail at dombrowb@ahca.myflorida.com
or by phone at (850) 414-9707.
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