iCARE – Individualized Care for All Residents Every time

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Upcoming Education

  • Pioneer Network: National Learning Collaborative Webinar Series on Using the MDS 3.0 as an Engine for High Quality Individualized Care. To learn more, please visit the Pioneer Network website. Click here.

iCARE is a sub-committee of the IHCA-ICAL Quality Improvement Committee and has been created to:

  • Serve as the Idaho Culture Change Coalition
  • Serve as a Local Area Network for Excellence (LANE) under the Advancing Excellence (AE) Campaign
  • Provide education about culture change and person-centered care
  • Build relationships to bring together regulators, providers, payers, advocates, residents and families
  • Promote public awareness

In 2011 the Idaho iCARE will:

  1. Create public media (website, blog, social networking, other) as a go-to place to find information about the committee activities and resources for moving toward person centered care
  2. Identify a specific list of culture change evaluation and certification programs that will be promoted by the committee in order to spotlight and promote facilities who have achieved a level of person centered care

When Does iCARE Meet Next?
We meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month, every other month (January, March, May, July, September, November) from 12:30pm-1:30/2:00pm. We meet by conference call as well as in person, how you participate is up to you. All meetings will be held at the IHCA-ICAL office in Meridian unless other wise noted.

Resources:

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Pay for Performance Programs in Other States:

Long-Term Living Blogs

January Tip of the Month provided by Liz Delaney:
Liz invited Smitty Wiley, Administrator, Emeritus at Ridge Wind, to complete the Artifacts of Culture Change and afterward, they developed 3 tips to share that are examples of the value person-centered care brings to residents at Ridge Wind at the end of life.

  • Supporting family at the end of life: staff work to provide a comfortable atmosphere where family members can gather with their loved one. The facility provides education to the family as to what the end of life may look like for their family member. They also make a special effort to create special moments together, such as providing a nice dinner or snacks and drinks while they are visiting.
  • Special laundering of bedding: staff launder bedding in lavender which provides a calming effect for the resident. This helps the resident sleep better, calms them, and appears to have a relaxing effect on the family as well.
  • Pet therapy: Ellie lives at Ridge Wind and provides comfort to residents. Many times when a resident is near the end of life, Ellie will spend time bedside providing comfort and warmth. Being able to pet Ellie provides a calming effect for the resident and family have praised her ability to comfort their loved one.