Linda Mauger <p>Your residents have spent a lifetime creating memories through family, friends, careers, important places, events and accomplishments. It may be necessary to move to a new home as our health requires us to seek assistance, but our past has shaped us as individuals, and maintaining identity is crucial to succeeding in a new environment.</p> <p>Getting to know a new resident as an individual when they first move to your community builds relationships, communication, fosters wellbeing, and instills the importance of personal growth and development from the beginning—-truly demonstrating your commitment to person-centered care.</p> <p><strong><em>Did You Know?</em></strong> Organizations such as <a href="http://www.pioneernetwork.net/who-we-are/">The Pioneer Network</a>, <a href="http://www.edenalt.org">The Eden Alternative</a>, and <a href="http://www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=365728">The Commonwealth Fund</a> are all working to transform long-term care with a focus on resident-centered care and choice. Also, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Old-Age-New-Promise-Transformative/dp/0826515630">Old Age In A New Age</a> is an insightful new book by <a href="http://users.rcn.com/bethbaker/">Beth Baker</a> which focuses on the promise of transformative nursing homes.</p> 2007-06-02T11:09:54-04:00 longterm-care-providers 31314 2007-06-02T11:09:54-04:00 19507 2007-10-29T18:22:16-04:00 Your residents have spent a lifetime creating memories through family, friends, careers, important places, events and accomplishments. It may be necessary to move to a new home as our health requires us to seek assistance, but our past has shaped us as individuals, and maintaining identity is crucial to succeeding in a new environment. Getting to know a new resident as an individual when they first move to your community builds relationships, communication, fosters wellbeing, and instills the importance of personal growth and development from the beginning—-truly demonstrating your commitment to person-centered care. *_Did You Know?_* Organizations such as "The Pioneer Network":http://www.pioneernetwork.net/who-we-are/, "The Eden Alternative":http://www.edenalt.org, and "The Commonwealth Fund":http://www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=365728 are all working to transform long-term care with a focus on resident-centered care and choice. Also, "Old Age In A New Age":http://www.amazon.com/Old-Age-New-Promise-Transformative/dp/0826515630 is an insightful new book by "Beth Baker":http://users.rcn.com/bethbaker/ which focuses on the promise of transformative nursing homes.