Thursday, August 27, 2009

Alabama Nursing Homes Honored for Innovative Approaches to Elder Care

Several Alabama nursing homes were honored for implementing innovative approaches to elder care by the Alabama Nursing Home Association's Best Practices Program earlier this month. Eight long-term care facilities presented their creative techniques at the 16th annual Alabama’s Best Practices Program on August 13th in Birmingham.

According to the ANHA's web site, the eight selected nursing care facilities presented the following presentations on innovative care techniques:

“Validation If You Please" - Cherokee County Nursing Home - Centre: Home-like stations with different sets of activities in the Alzheimer’s unit provide residents with familiar work settings and can serve as behavioral intervention tools.

“Runaway Gang” - Southland Nursing Home - Marion: Social driven residents are given a breath of fresh air by participating in events outside of the nursing home which gives them a sense of purpose and accomplishment.

“July 4th Celebration” - Crossville Health & Rehabilitation - Crossville: Annual July 4th celebration has quickly become one of the largest events in the surrounding area and promotes a positive image of the nursing home to the community.

“Once We Get Them...We Keep Them” - Piedmont Health Care Center - Piedmont: Dramatically reduced nursing staff turnover by implementing a number of changes including having nursing staff assigned to specific residents.

“Word Bowl” - Crowne Health Care of Montgomery - Montgomery: Encourages exercising the mind by having teams of therapy and activities residents spell smaller words from one large word.

“I’ve Been Everywhere” - TLC Nursing Center - Oneonta: “Vacations” where residents experience a famous destination without leaving the facility has increased participation in activity programs.

“Hand in Hand - UTI Prevention” - Hanceville Nursing & Rehab - Hanceville: Seeks to improve a resident’s quality of life by reducing the number of urinary tract infections and training staff on how to prevent infections.

“Montessori Dementia Management" - Civic Center Health & Rehabilitation - Birmingham: Creates and presents activities and interventions based upon the teaching methods of Maria Montessori to assist dementia patients in becoming as independent as possible.

While I applaud these care facilities for striving to improve their residents' quality of life, I know that nursing home abuse and neglect has reached almost epidemic proportions in the nation's long-term care facilities. Nursing home abuse must not go unreported. If you have any reason to suspect that your loved one suffered abuse or neglect at a nursing care facility, contact an experienced nursing home abuse lawyer to stop the abuse and protect your loved one's rights.

The Birmingham nursing home attorneys at The Walker Law Firm can help you get justice for the mistreatment of your loved one. We provide aggressive representation to abuse and neglect victims in Bessemer, Birmingham, Fairfield, Helena, Homewood, Hoover, Irondale, Mountain Brook, Tarrant, Trussville, and Vestavia Hills. Call 1-877-925-5373 for a free consultation with a Birmingham nursing home lawyer regarding your case.

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