PHI – Training

By Cean Eppelheimer Cean is a Training & Organizational Development Specialist with PHI’s Training and Organizational Development team. PHI and the NCB Capital Impact Green House® Project have been long-time partners in support of quality care and quality jobs in long-term care communities across the country. Early on in the development of the Green House [...]

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September 23 is the first day of Fall, and it’s also a day when passionate people across the country will observe the 4th annual National Falls Prevention Awareness Day–through educational presentations, risk screening activities, and other outreach strategies–to get the message out that most falls are preventable for older adults. Falls are the leading cause [...]

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By Patricia Hillebrand Patricia is a Training and Organizational Development Specialist with PHI’s Training and Organizational Development team. Most of us have had the experience of attempting to make a change in our life. We have made New Year’s resolutions for all types of improvements and tried various activities to get in shape for the [...]

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By Susan Misiorski Susan is the National Director of PHI’s Training and Organizational Development team; and Board Member at Pioneer Network. I am just back from participating in my eleventh national Pioneer Network conference in St. Charles, Missouri. What an incredible experience! The opportunity to learn, share, and network with 1300 colleagues that walk along [...]

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By Kathy McCollett Kathy is an Organizational Culture Change Specialist with PHI’s Training and Organizational Development team. I attended an all day workshop at the Pioneer Network conference this year entitled, Beyond Care: Exploring the Glorious Adventure of the Spirit. It was presented by Wendy Lustbader and Bill Keane and we were joined by Carter [...]

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By Renya Larson Renya is a specialist with PHI’s Training and Organizational Development team. In recent years, research has begun to demonstrate the critical importance of teamwork in health care. Much of this research has focused on acute care settings. For example, one study of surgical nurses found that “negative team factors in the operating [...]

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By Kathy McCollett Kathy is an Organizational Culture Change Specialist with PHI’s Training and Organizational Development team. Language is a powerful indicator of organizational culture. The words we choose—either consciously or unconsciously—influence our actions. We have worked hard in the culture change movement to choose words that reflect home and person-directed values. For example, the [...]

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By Maureen Sheahan Maureen is PHI’s Midwest Training & Organizational Development Specialist. Meaningful, durable learning is a full body experience. It engages your head, but also your heart, your limbs, and your spirit. It enhances your knowledge, skills, and attitudes in tandem with one another. That’s what makes it stick. This holistic learning experience is [...]

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The Eden Alternative, which has been working to de-institutionalize the culture and environment of nursing homes and other long term care institutions for over two decades, is now reaching into the community, through a program called Eden at Home. Sharing a philosophy that emphasizes the critical importance of meaningful relationships in the lives of elders [...]

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By Susan Misiorski Susan is the National Director of PHI’s Training and Organizational Development team. A longer version article originally appeared at the Western New York Alliance for Person-Centered Care’s blog. Home as Workplace Long-term care providers have the unique challenge of balancing the “culture of home” with the “culture of the workplace.” Long-term care [...]

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