CULTURE CHANGE PROJECT
PURPOSE:
*To bring the concept of Culture Change to the attention of the general public in all parts of Maryland.
*To make family members and family councils an integral and equal part of the movement.
OBJECTIVE 1: CULTURE CHANGE CONFERENCES
PURPOSE:
*To bring solid, factual information on culture change to residents, family members, family councils, local and state elected officials, ombudsmen, AAA personnel, long-term care facility staff and administrations, and the general public.
*To send a message regarding the imperative of including family members and family councils as an integral key player in the success of this transformation.
*To make the general public familiar with or more familiar with Voices for Quality Care, The Pioneer Network, and other partnering groups as sources of information and assistance in this process.
PLAN:
*Provide conferences in locations making all parts of Maryland within a 540-moile radius of a conference. Include Delaware in radiuses.
*Develop one agenda for all conferences. Use different speakers if necessary and/or train in place.
*Since these will be regional conferences, we can probably expect a smaller audience--less than 60 people at each. Churches/ nursing homes/ large assisted living facilities/ CCRCs/ public facilities are possible places to hold these conferences without renting space.
*Grants are available for this kind of activity as are gifts from other organizations if we get moving on them soon enough to receive them before we need to hold the conferences. We will plan these conferences in the initial phases, however, as if we must do them with Voices resources only.
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS:
In looking at a Maryland Map, I think we need to schedule conferences in the panhandle, Southern Maryland, the Eastern Shore, and one or two in the Baltimore-Washington area. I suggest somewhere around the following locations--
- Denton
- Elkton
- Cumberland
- Waldorf
- Laurel
- Frederick
The Denton and Elkton locations would also cover all of Delaware and also Pennsylvania through Philadelphia and the southern tip of New Jersey.
*The intent here is to cover Delaware and introduce the new CAG forming there
The Cumberland location would possibly include parts of West Virginia, Virginia, and Pennsylvania
ANTICIPATED EXPENSES
Lunch and snacks for conference participants
Hand-outs for conference participants
Publicity
1Transportation and hotel expense for conference planners/presentors
2Rental fees for locations
3Speaker fees
1 Transportation may be donated by some planners and/or presentors
2 Free rental locations such as churches and public gathering places will be first choices
3 Speakers may donate time.
POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES
AARP-funded most of conference in VA
SEIU
OHCQ
Delmarva (QIO)
Commonwealth Fund
We will also put out the donations jar so we may collect some funds from one conference
to fund the next one.
PARTNERS & ASSISTS
The Pioneer Exchange
OBJECTIVE II: THE PILOT:
At this time, most of the emphasis and resources in the Culture Change movement are directed toward
industry associations, corporations, individual facilities, staff, licensing agencies, QIOs, and
ombudsman. The ways each of those groups participates in projects has been and is being documented. Guidelines, educational materials, pitfalls, suggestion, and cautions have been and are being developed. You'll notice that residents, family members, and family councils are not on those lists. We think they should be there, in alphabetical order, along with all the others. Unfortunately, since there has been little resident/family participation to date, there is little in the literature or elsewhere to use as a guideline for the inclusion of residents, family members, and family councils as equal participants in this process.
PURPOSE:
* To develop working models of family council participation in Culture Change projects that can be used
by QIOs, Culture Change organizations, and long-term care facilities in Maryland and in other states.
*To document the benefits of full family participation as well as to identify any pitfalls of that
participation and explore remedies for them
*To make family participation an integral part of the Culture Change process in Maryland.
PLAN:
*Five nursing homes will be selected for the pilot.
*Requirements:
*Nursing homes must have a functioning family council with a reasonable
working relationship with the administrator of the facility
*The facility must either currently have embarked on a Culture Change journey
or plan to begin one.
*Both the facility and the Family Council must agree that the Family Council
will work with the facility as an equal partner with residents, staff, and the
administration for the duration of the project.
*Both the family council and the nursing home must commit to seeing the
project through with good intent
*Both the family council and the facility must agree to share their
experiences in Culture Change so far as the family council/facility partnership
is concerned with the other facilities in the pilot program
*Both the family councils and the facilities must agree to share their joint
experiences in a documented format to be shared with other facilities and
organizations involved in Culture Change
*An escape hatch will be provided
*Community mediator?
Trying to add some formatting. Maybe.
*The Pioneer Exchange will provide:
*A total of 10 copies of their Getting Started program.
*Two will go to each facility, one to the family council and one to the facility
itself
*A private space on the Pioneer Exchange web site for sharing ideas, successes, concerns,
remedies, and general comments and observations between the 5 groups
ANTICIPATED EXPENSES: None
