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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 7, 2006
Institute for Caregiver Education Presents at National Eldercare Conference
Institute Hosted Technology Experience at the Pioneer Network Conference
Philadelphia, PA— The Pioneer Network, a national
organization dedicated to eldercare advocacy hosted a national conference
in Philadelphia August 2- 4, 2006. A long-time supporter of
the Pioneer Network, the Institute for Caregiver Education hosted a technology “experience,”
delivered a pre-conference workshop and two additional seminars at
the August event.
The
Institute for Caregiver Education collaborated with Joe Angelelli
of the Pioneer Network and Jack York of It’s Never 2 Late to create
an exhibit “experience” at the conference to showcase opportunities
that technology can provide to elders in long term care settings. It’s
Never Too Late is a program designed for elders in long term care settings
to connect with family and friends through the power of the web, and provides
elders with the adaptive equipment necessary to make their technological
experience easier.
The Institute supported the attendance of four
elders and
their caregivers from Silver Lake Center in Bristol, PA at the exhibit.
Silver Lake is involved in a current pilot program with the Institute for Caregiver
Education and It’s Never 2 Late. The exhibit kicked-off with
a reception on Wednesday evening and enabled
participants
to observe the potential of interactive technologies to reinforce person-directed
principles in long-term care settings and beyond.
Institute team members
Carol Tschop and Jim Kinsey presented one of ten pre-conference
intensives on Wednesday, August 2nd. Their four-hour seminar titled, “Lives
Well-Lived: Person-Directed Community Life” provided a process
for transforming traditional resident activities into a vital and life-affirming
Community Life Program in which resident preferences and routines direct
the course of each day.
In addition to the pre-conference offering,
the Institute
deliveried two conference seminars. The first was“Bridging
the Gap: Mentoring for Residents and Team Members” presented
by Myrna Eshleman and Jim Kinsey. This two-part, three-hour session
presented
an effective means of transitioning both elders and team members into
their new
community. The second session, “Flatten Organizational Silos
by Implementing Neighborhood Teams,” was presented by Teresa
McCann and Myrna Eshleman. Here participants explored implementing
neighborhood
teams,
a pioneering
practice that breaks down the typical, medical model nursing home into
smaller and more manageable, community-oriented neighborhoods.
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.
For more information technology experiences for elders or seminars
presented by the Institute for Caregiver Education, please call 717-263-7766.
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