About Us
Empowering the LANE meeting in Fort Worth, Texas November 2007.
Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes Campaign began its two-year journey September 2006 at a kick off ceremony in Washington D.C. An Unprecedented collaboration of providers, consumers and other stakeholders formed this campaign to improve care and quality of life for residents.
Arkansas' nursing homes and hospital based recuperative care units made the commitment to their residents, families, and staff by becoming the first state in the nation to have 100% participation in the Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes Campaign November 2007. As a result, Arkansas LANE (Local Area Networks for Excellence) members and consumers were honored at the Interchange: Empowering the LANE meeting in Fort Worth, Texas November 2007.
By joining the campaign, facilities became part of an exciting and effective quality improvement initiative with access to: - State-of-the-art, evidence-based information and training materials which assist in improving performance in eight areas that would increase customer satisfaction;
- Learning how to apply educational information to everyday practice by using a set of standardized process frameworks, ideas on implementation and a consistent approach to quality improvement in order to attain desirable outcomes;
- Recognition for their nursing home's commitment to quality by setting targets and tracking the strides they are making;
- Becoming part of an ongoing learning collaborative and sharing their best practices with nursing homes and learning what does or does not work;
- Campaign's popular Webinars/teleconferences on each of the eight campaign goals;
- Networking help to create a positive work environment to enhance staff retention by promoting pride in work, team approach with relationship building with residents, family members through consistent assignment;
- Utilization of a multitude of quality initiatives and enhance their own quality improvement efforts from what they have learned in regard to culture change, etc.
Quoting Mary Jane Koren, MD, MPH Chair of the Advancing Excellence Steering Committee, Assistant Vice President, The Commonwealth's Funds Program on Quality of Care for Frail Elders,
"When Advancing Excellence started we thought it would be a two-year effort. However, initial successes at measurably improving care for residents, combined with the positive feedback we've received from participants, signaled the need to keep the momentum going and build on the solid foundation we've already created. Therefore, we've decided to continue the campaign and redouble our efforts to improve the quality of life for the residents and staff of our country's nursing homes."
Thank you,
Arkansas LANE Convener, Program Manager
Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes Campaign
UAMS College of Nursing
Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
Staff bios
Carole Ault, LANE Convener
Phone:
(501) 686-8761
Fax:
(501) 526-5760
cault@uams.edu
Arkansas Advancing Excellence Program Director, BSN, RN
UAMS Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
Arkansas Advancing Excellence for America's Nursing Homes Committee Department: College of Nursing
Office:
UAMS Campus,
College of Nursing
4301 West Markham Street Mail Slot 529
Little Rock AR 72205
Stephanie Bennett, AAS
Phone:
(501) 686-7987
Fax:
(501) 686-8350
srbennett@uams.edu
Project Program Specialist,
UAMS Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
LANE Subcommittee Member
Department: College of Nursing
Grants Certified
Office:
UAMS Campus,
College of Nursing
4301 West Markham Street Mail Slot 529
Little Rock AR 72205
Robin McAtee, RN, PhD, MHSA
Phone:
(501) 526-5738 Fax:
(501) 526-5760 mcateerobine@uams.edu
LANE Evaluator LANE Subcommittee Member
IOA 1179 Education:
UAMS (PhD); UALR (MSHA), HSU (BSN)
Co-Leaders of the Arkansas Coalition for Nursing Home Excellence
Cornelia Beck, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, Department of Geriatrics, and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Professor, College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
Founding Member, Arkansas Coalition for Nursing Home Excellence
Claudia Beverly, PhD, RN, FAAN
Director, Arkansas John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
Director, Arkansas Aging Initiative
Associate Director, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging
Vice-Chair for Programs, Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics
Professor, UAMS College of Nursing
Professor, UAMS College of Medicine
Associate Professor, UAMS College of Public Health
Founding Member, Arkansas Coalition for Nursing Home Excellence
Peggy Moody, RN, L.N.H.A.
Executive Director-Catlett Care
Founding Member, Arkansas Coalition for Nursing Home Excellence
Past President Arkansas Healthcare Association Board
Member Arkansas Healthcare Foundation Board
Co-Chair on Pioneer Network Conference Planning Committee 2009 LANE Subcommittee Member
LANE SUBCOMMITTEE
Carol Shockley
Director of the Office of Long Term Care-DHS
Randy Wyatt
Executive Vice President, Arkansas Healthcare Association
Kathie Gately
Arkansas State Ombudsman-DHS Office of Long Term Care
Carol Compas RN, BSN, CHPQ
Program Manager-Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (QIO)
Betty Bennett RN
Program Developer-Arkansas Innovative Performance Program
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