from the diaries -- joe

The Ohio Person Centered Care Coalition is finalizing plans for its second annual conference in March, 2006.  We are soliciting speakers for the conference until the end of September.  For information about our conference please go to our web site: Ohio Person Centered Care Coalition.

Our first statewide conference was held in February of this year and was attended by more than 250 people.  It was highly successful as an educational, networking, and motivating conference.

Our coalition's present work includes:

1. Planning the second annual Person-Centered Care Conference for March 2007 in Columbus, Ohio.
   
2. Developing a mentor home program that would enable providers opportunities to visit a home that is further along on the culture change journey.
   
3. Developing a resource to be shared with long-term care providers that will clarify regulations that apply to person-centered care.  The purpose of this is to support providers as they discuss their changed organizational culture with state surveyors.
   
4. Developing an organizational brochure that was initially used at an exhibit at the AOPHA annual conference September 19 and 20th.

These projects give a sense of the direction of our coalition and our committment to bring a genuine nursing home culture change to Ohio.