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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 12, 2006
Miami Department of Veterans Administration Awards Culture Change Transformation
Contract to the Institute
Miami, FL - The Institute for
Caregiver Education was awarded a contract to facilitate the transformation
of seven homes in the Miami VA Healthcare System from a clinical model to a
social model of care. The contract started on October 2nd and will last for
twenty months. The Miami VA Healthcare System is part of the VA Sunshine Healthcare
Network (VISN 8), which encompasses Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
The
main goal of the contract is to assist the Miami VA Healthcare System 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 veterans
to improve their quality of care and quality of life. The contract execution
will feature four key elements:
1. transforming the current nursing home
culture
to a
resident-centered approach
2.
empowering frontline
team members to help address issues
related to the delivery of customized, high
quality care
3. changing
the environment to foster a homelike experience
4.
linking transformation
of the nursing home culture to
quality indicators
The cornerstones
of the program
will be community and VA partnerships, interdisciplinary care management,
and support from local leadership. Together with the Institute, the
Miami VA
Healthcare
System will create a model of care that not only focuses on the
treatment of disease, but care that focuses on the social, environmental and
emotional needs
of individual residents.
“We are proud and honored to have been chosen
as the Miami VA’s guide for this important journey,” says Institute
President Annette Sanders. “According to the US Senate Committee on Veteran’s
Affairs, there are approximately 35,800 men and women in VA homes
across the country. That is a lot of people who can experience
the positive effects of
transforming medical model homes to a model that embraces individuality.”
The
seven communities in the contract include:
- Miami VA Healthcare
System
- James A. Hayley Veteran’s Hospital in Tampa
- VA Caribbean Healthcare
System in San Juan
- North Florida / South Georgia VA Healthcare
System
- Orlando VA Medical Center
- Bay Pines VA Healthcare System
- West
Palm Beach VA Healthcare
System
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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