Outcomes

"Pull back," the ability to maintain control in emotionally charged situations, is a core skill taught in the PHI Coaching Approach℠.

Integrating the PHI Coaching Approach℠ into your organization provides your staff with the skills they need to put person-directed values and theory into practice.

These skills grow a culture in which meaningful relationships sustain quality care, quality of life, and quality jobs.

What you can expect

The PHI Coaching Approach℠ results in measurable improvements in staff satisfaction and retention, managerial capacity, and quality of care. Organizations that have partnered with PHI report the following outcomes:

Improves

  • Employee retention
  • Job satisfaction
  • Relationships between staff, supervisors, and departments
  • Clinical outcomes
  • Teamwork and communication
  • Decision-making at the direct-care worker/client level
75%Unlike other programs where learning can quickly be forgotten, more than 75% of PHI-trained staff report the use of coaching skills a full year after training.

Decreases

  • Employee absenteeism
  • Workers comp claims
  • Time spent “putting out fires”
  • Falls, UTIs, & pressure ulcers

PHI client case studies

The Edgewood Centre, Portsmouth, NH

To improve retention as well as care outcomes, The Edgewood Centre has invested in its workforce in ways that support a culture of respect, good communication, efficiency, empowerment, and support.

Loretto’s PACE Central New York

Recognizing the role low turnover plays in promoting quality long-term care, the leadership team at PACE CNY implemented peer mentoring and career ladder programs in order to increase retention among home health aides.

Orchard Cove, Canton, MA

With support from the PHI Center for Coaching Supervision and Leadership, the leadership team at Orchard Cove launched culture change initiatives aimed at improving employee and resident experiences and outcomes.

VNA of Indiana County, Indiana, PA

To establish a more efficient organization, the VNA of Indiana County has invested considerable resources to strengthen leadership, communication, and a supportive work environment.

After implementing the PHI peer mentoring program, retention of new employees rose from 52% to 83%.
- Penny Abulencia | Vice President, Loretto PACE CNY

Report: CCSL Outcomes


In 2006, PHI launched the Center for Coaching Supervision and Leadership (CCSL), a four-year initiative to test and refine PHI’s signature practice, the PHI Coaching Approach℠ to Supervision. The initiative involved five nursing homes and six home health agencies.

Download the CCSL outcomes report (pdf)

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