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What is Culture Change?
"Transforming long-term care facilities through Person-Directed Values and Practices where the voices of the Individual Residents, and those closest to them, are honored and respected."
From: Culture Change: How Can We Plant the Seeds for the Future" Form the National LTC Ombudsman Resource Center Educational Tools  

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Principles of Culture Change
Respect
Empowerment
Community
Relationships
Choice

What Is Culture Change? (by www.pioneernetwork.net)
“Culture change” is the common name given to the national movement for the transformation of older adult services, based on person-directed values and practices where the voices of elders and those working with them always come first. Core person-directed values are choice, dignity, respect, self-determination, and purposeful living. Culture change transformation supports the creation of both long and short-term living environments as well as community-based settings where both older adults and their caregivers are able to express choice and practice self-determination in meaningful ways at every level of daily life. Culture change transformation may require changes in organization practices, physical environments, relationships at all levels and workforce models – leading to better outcomes for consumers and direct care workers without inflicting detrimental costs on providers.

State Contacts for Culture Change

California Culture Change Coalition: www.calculturechange.org   Colorado Culture Change Coalition: www.coculturechange.org   Connecticut Culture Change Coalition: www.connecticutculturechange.com Florida Pioneer Network: www.floridapioneernetwork.org   Culture Change Network of Georgia: www.culturechangega.org   Illinois Pioneer Coalition: www.Illinoispioneercoalition.org Indiana Culture Change Coalition (ICCC): indianaculturechangecoalition.webs.com Iowa Person Directed Care Coalition: www.iowapersondirectedcare.org   Kentucky Coalition for Person-Centered Care: www.kcpcc.org L.E.A.D.E.R. - La. Culture Change Coalition: www.laculturechangecoalition.org/  Minnesota Culture Change Coalition: www.mnculturechange.org   Innovation Network of New Mexico: www.innovationnetworkofnm.org   North Carolina Coalition for Long Term Care Enhancement: www.ltcenhance.com   Ohio Person-Centered Care Coalition (OPC3): www.centeredcare.org   Pennsylvania Culture Change Coalition (PCCC): www.paculturechangecoalition.org   RI Generations: www.rigenerations.com TN Eden Alternative Coalition: www.tneden.org CARE Wisconsin: www.carewi.org Wisconsin Coalition for Person Directed Care: www.wisconsinpdc.org

Pioneer Network

http://www.pioneernetwork.net/ Pioneer Network, Culture Change, State chapters Pioneer Network Values and Principles *Know each person *Put the person before the task *Risk taking is a normal part of life *Promote the growth and development of all *Respond to spirit, as well as mind and body *Each person can and does make a difference *Community is the antidote to institutionalization *Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. *All elders are entitled to self-determination wherever they live. *Relationship is the fundamental building block of a transformed culture. *Shape and use the potential of the environment in all its aspects: physical, organizational and psycho /social / spiritual. *Recognize that culture change and transformation are not destinations, but a journey always a work in progress.

LINKS

• ACTION PACT
• Action Pact, Culture Change / Household Model
• AHHI Association of Households International
• A Nursing Home Shrinks Until it Feels Like a Home, The New Your Times , November 1 2011 Article about Green Homes
• Applying Person Directed Care Principles to the Care Planning Process for People with Dementia
• ChangingAging, BlogStream, with Dr.Thomas
• Culture Change Documents From Pioneer Network
• Culture Change Now - action pact
• Cultural Spiritual and Sensitivity Training Modules - Healthcare Chaplaincy
• Edu-Catering: Catering Education for Compliance and Culture change in LTC
• Live Oak Institute
• Getting Started: A Pioneering Approach to Culture Change in Long Term Care Organization
• Lousianna Enhancing Aging with Dignity through Empowerment and Respect, Culture Change
• Person-Directed Dementia Care
• picker Institute - Culture Change
• The Artifacts of Culture Change Downloadable Version- A blank version of the tool for download
• The Artifacts of Culture Change Privacy Policy
• The Council on Quality and Leadership - Person Centered Care
• The Development of the Artifacts of Culture Change Tool
• The Elders Guild
• Virginias Four Year Plan for Aging Services
• Vol.1, No 1 Artifacts of Culture Change Benchmark Reports, 4/1/10-3/31/11
• What Really Matters - A Guide to Person Centered Excellence Download Free