FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 30, 2006
Good Samaritan Center at Advent Christian Village Awards Culture Change Transformation
Contract to the Institute
Dowling Park, FL - The Institute for Caregiver Education has
been awarded a contract to facilitate the transformation of Advent Christian
Village’s Good Samaritan Center from a clinical model to a social model
of care. Advent Christian Village provides a full continuum of care
to more than 800 residents, including independent living, assisted living
and skilled nursing care. Good Samaritan Center is the skilled nursing component
of the Village’s suite of elder services and cares for approximately
160 elders and employs 250 team members. Leadership at Good Samaritan Center
contacted the Institute team about a possible contract after attending a
regional Institute for Caregiver Education Culture Change seminar.
Long known for its history of excellent clinical care, Good Samaritan Center
is on the Consumer Reports list of the top 10% of nursing homes in Florida.
In addition, the Advent Christian Village community is known nationally for
having established the first fully-recognized retirement home in 1913. Good
Samaritan Center has embraced Culture Change transformation as the next necessary
change in eldercare—again proving that the community is an early adopter
of the very best elder services available in the country today.
“It is such a pleasure to work with these committed and talented
healthcare professionals,” says Teresa McCann, RN and Senior Consultant
and Educator for the Institute’s Florida-based services. “The
community is on the cutting edge of eldercare, and it is a testament to their
drive to be the best that they should embrace Culture Change.”
The main goal of the contract is to assist Good Samaritan Center to change
the culture in its skilled nursing services departments from an institutional
model to a resident-centered model of care. The initiative will ultimately
cultivate a model of care that will focus on the holistic needs of the elders
to improve their quality of care and quality of life. The contract execution
will feature four main elements:
- transforming the current nursing home culture to a resident-centered approach
- empowering frontline team members to help address issues related to the
delivery of customized, high quality care
- changing the environment to foster a homelike experience
- linking transformation of the nursing home culture to quality indicators
Keri Hilliard, Good Samaritan Center’s Administrator in Training
says “We envision that both elders and team members will be empowered
to make decisions that affect their lives and their work. We believe that
this transformation will create stronger relationships between residents
and staff and a shared feeling of community and involvement, which is the
foundation of a culturally changed home.”
The Institute for Caregiver Education is a nationally-recognized leader
in Culture Change education. For more than 15 years the organization
has provided quality caregiver education to nursing homes from California
to Maine. Over the last five years the IfCE team has educated hundreds
of long-term care professionals on a myriad of Culture Change topics at such
national conferences as ASA, NADONA, AAHSA, AHCA, ACHCA, The Pioneer Network,
the VA Summit and numerous state associations. The Institute for
Caregiver Education is currently a leading Culture Change educator for a
number of state QIO organizations as they work with the 8th Scope of Work
and CMS.
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