Leading Edge Network emphasizes a culture of person-centered care

Engaging forward-thinking Oregon nursing homes in a unique participatory learning community

Goal

Participating nursing homes will work toward establishing a sustainable culture of person-centered care that ensures the physical and emotional well-being of residents.

Areas of focus

Nursing homes will focus on two major areas:

• Recruiting and retaining qualified frontline staff through person-centered care practices
• Improving systems of care that minimize or eliminate the need for physical restraints, prevent and treat pressure ulcers, improve management of chronic pain, and identify and treat depression

Intervention strategy

Nursing homes participating in the Network will apply a strategic approach:

1. Set annual target performance rate on the STAR website for the four publicly reported measures
2. Access and apply best practices and tools to improve performance on the publicly reported measures
3. Conduct annual resident and staff satisfaction surveys
4. Collect and monitor certified nursing assistant turnover rates
5. Attend Network educational events
6. Share successful approaches with others

Leading Edge Network sponsors

• Acumentra Health
• DHS Seniors and People with Disabilities
• OHSU Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
• Oregon Alliance of Senior and Health Services
• Oregon Health Care Association

The Leading Edge Network supports the vision and mission of MOVE (Making Oregon Vital for Elders).

Resources

• Culture change tools
• MedQIC, the Medicare Quality Improvement Community website, contains tools for nursing homes. Visit www.medqic.org/nursinghome, which links to other pages containing resources for specific improvement topics.

Contact

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