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Listed below are links to Web sites and a list of educational materials related to nursing home quality improvement and resident-centered care that may be of interest:
PEAK – Promoting Excellent Alternatives in Kansas(http://www.ksu.edu/peak)
PEAK is a project created by the Kansas Department on Aging charged with disseminating information about changes in the nursing home profession. This Web site contains several educational modules that may be used for education and training purposes.
Dementia Solutions (http://www.dementiasolutions.com)
Dementia Solutions offers a variety of informational resources and tools focused on improving and providing person-centered care for people with dementia. Some practical “how-to” approaches are listed.
Action Pact, Inc. (http://www.actionpact.com)
Action Pact is a company comprised of trainers, consultants, and educators who assist nursing homes and other elder care organizations in becoming resident-centered models of care.
Pioneer Network (http://pioneernetwork.net)
Pioneer Network is an organization dedicated to transforming the culture of aging. The Web site offers a 10-page preview of Getting Started: A Pioneering Approach to Culture Change in Long-Term Care Organizations. Also, check out Pioneer Network’s new blog at http://www.pioneerexchange.org/.
The Eden Alternative (www.edenalt.com/welcome.htm)
Eden Alternative is an organization committed to remaking the experience of aging, creating coalitions of people who help to create better social and physical environments for elders. Key to the Eden model is helping elders overcome the three plagues of loneliness, helplessness and boredom.
Bathing Without a Battle, Joanne Rader et al (www.bathingwithoutabattle.unc.edu)
An individualized problem solving approach to bathing and person care of individuals with Alzheimer’s.
Culture Change In Long-Term Care, Weiner & Ronch (http://www.culturechangenow.com)
Excellent book covering all aspects of culture change.
Dementia Reconsidered, The Person Comes First, Kitwood (http://www.culturechangenow.com)
Culture change and the resident with dementia.
Fish Tales, Lundin, Paul, and Christensen (most bookstores)
Real-life stories to help you transform your workplace and your life.
Learning from Hannah, William H. Thomas (http://www.vandb.com/)
Secrets for a life worth living.
Life Worth Living, William H. Thomas (http://www.vandb.com/)
Introduction to the principles and practices that underlie the Eden philosophy.
Who Moved My Cheese, Spencer Johnson (most bookstores)
An amazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life.
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