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Friends of Residents in Long Term Care
a nonprofit citizen advocacy organization for residents in
and their families.
Our mission is to promote the highest possible quality of life for
those who cannot live independently and those who care for them.
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Quest
For Quality Dinner
Friends
of Residents in Long Term Care promotes the highest quality of life for those
who cannot live independently and for those who care for them.
Special Keynote speaker to address current issues facing the elderly in
assisted care homes in our state. Please save the date and join us to recognize
the providers of outstanding service to residents in long-term care. They
deserve to be thanked.
NC State University Club
Awards
include: Sharon Wilder Advocacy Award; Direct Care Worker Award; Best Practice
Nursing Home; Best Practice- Adult Care Home (Assisted Living) and this year a
new award from our members: the “Members Choice Award”.
For
more information contact us at: 919.782.1530
or email:
friends@forltc.org
For
Immediate Release
April 2007
“In
Pursuit of Quality Care” Conference and Advocacy Day
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Quest
for Quality Event -- May 17, 2006--
Rewards Excellence in Long Term Care
The event will be held Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at the University Club, 4200 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets are $40.00 each, and can be obtained by calling the FORLTC office at 919-782-1530, or by e-mailing friends@forltc.org.
Ms. Hedt was formerly program manager for adult community health, Mecklenburg County (NC) Department of Public Health, where she developed supportive services to help seniors remain at home as long as possible. For more than 10 years, Hedt also represented long-term care residents in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area as a regional long-term care ombudsman.
This awards event will recognize those people and institutions that best exemplify the values of excellent care, commitment to quality of life, and promotion of dignity in the delivery of care in long-term care facilities. To that end, the following awards will be given:
Direct Care Worker Award – recognizes a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Personal Care Assistant (PCA) working in a long-term care facility who has demonstrated outstanding compassion, respect and promotion of dignity in the delivery of care.
Best Practice -- Nursing Homes and Best Practice -- Adult Care Homes (Assisted Living) – recognizes a North Carolina nursing home and an adult care home that has implemented a unique program or practice that significantly enhanced quality of life for its residents and promoted dignity in the delivery of care.
Just as
there are excellent long-term care staff members and facilities that
develop and use best practices to enhance quality of care, three awards
will be given to long-term care advocates who have shown commitment to
improving quality of care in facilities through individual advocacy,
commitment to resident rights and enhanced communication and education
on long-term care issues, and advocacy for change through the
legislative process. The following awards will be given:
Sharon Wilder Advocacy Award
– named after the state’s long-term care ombudsman, this award
recognizes outstanding advocacy for enhanced long-term care quality by
an individual.
Community Advisory Committee Awards – appointed by county commissioners in each of the 100 counties of the state, Community Advisory Committees (CACs) play an important role in enhancing and maintain quality care in nursing homes and adult care home by ensuring that the Residents’ Bill of Rights is honored by facilities and their staffs, and through citizen committee interaction with facilities, promoting communication, education and awareness of long-term care issues. This award honors the CAC that most fully fulfills its role as defined by law, and is proactive in assisting residents and family members with grievances and ensuring their resolution.
Legislative Advocate Award – given by FORLTC to the legislator or legislators who have demonstrated their commitment to quality of care through policy development, advocacy for funding to support current and future initiatives aimed at improving quality of care, and most important, their willingness to advocate publicly for long-term care residents in policy and budget deliberations.
Nominations for each of these awards will be accepted until
The event will also feature Susan Harmuth, director of the NC NOVA program of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The purpose of the program is to develop job models that promote investment in human capital by long-term care administrators, improving the quality of life, education, salary and status of direct care workers, and thereby, leading to enhanced quality of care for residents. One of the recommendations from this five-year program was a star rating system for long-term care facilities to help families know which facilities provide the best care when selecting a facility for their loved one. The program was approved by the 2005 General Assembly.
Friends
of Residents in Long Term Care (FORLTC) is a statewide, non-profit
advocacy organization committed to improving quality of care for the
70,000 frail elders and the disabled who live in these facilities.
FORLTC is a member of NCCNHR, located in