FutureAge: January/February 2005
The inaugural issue of FutureAge (formerly Best Practices), looks at "culture change" in aging services—how it boosts workforce development and quality improvement, and improves the lives of seniors.
Features
Transforming the Way Work Is Done
This large provider is piloting a culture change and workforce development initiative that it hopes will transform the entire organization.
(E)quality First: Why Inclusiveness Is Fundamental to Quality Improvement
Creating a diverse, inclusive workplace is not just the right thing to do, say these authors. It is also a prerequisite for quality improvement and a good business model too.
Becoming a Learning Organization
Culture change requires that learning take place in many contexts, but it begins with training. This excerpt from Getting Started: A Pioneering Approach to Culture Change in Long-Term Care Organizations explains how.
Creating a High-Retention Culture
"Person-centered care" isn't just for residents and clients; it should also apply to staff as well.
Transforming How and Where We Serve
Culture change initiatives must apply to every part of the continuum.
Piece by Piece: Building An Affordable Continuum
Innovative providers are translating the traditional CCRC into models that can serve low-income seniors.
Sharing Innovations: Providers Share Quality First Successes
A few examples of AAHSA Quality First in action-successful and thriving.
Putting a Premium on Service in CCRC Dining
This provider explains how to put a premium on service to residents via training of the service staff.
Moving Day: Bringing a Lifetime of Memories to a New Home
How do you move more than 150 men and women from across the country into new homes? This provider tells us.
Departments
Vision
Creating the Future Through Leadership and Shared Learning
Accreditation
What is the "ROI" of Accreditation?
Research
Building an Evidence Base in Culture Change
Advocacy
Resident Advocacy Pays Off in Legislation
Ethics
Cultural Competency in Home Care
Public Communication
Turn News Around to Tell Your Story
Ideas & Innovations
AAHSA Synergy
Last Updated : 6/30/2006 4:14:40 PM
