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Pioneer Network's 10th National Conference

August 8-11, Indianapolis, IN

In just a few short days, Pioneers from across the nation will be meeting at the crossroads in Indianapolis.  Can't wait?  Take a look at the wealth of opportunities we are offering and start to plan your conference experience today.  DOWNLOAD 2010 PROGRAM

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Nursing Competencies for
Nursing Home Culture Change
Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing collaborated with Coalition of Geriatric Nursing Organizations and Pioneer Network to convene a panel of 31 nursing and other experts to explore opportunities and barriers for nursing and culture change. The panel worked to answer the question, "what is the role for nurses in achieving and sustaining this change?"  "Nursing Competencies for Nursing Home Culture Change" -- ten competencies deemed most relevant and critical for creating and sustaining person-directed care -- is a result of that collaboration. LEARN MORE About Pioneer Network
Pioneer Network is dedicated to making fundamental changes in values and practices to create a culture of aging that is life-affirming, satisfying, humane and meaningful. Pioneer Network advocates for culture change in eldercare models from long-term nursing home care to short-term transitional care to community-based care to create homes that are consumer-driven and person-directed.  

To advance these goals, Pioneer Network supports public policy changes; collaborates with researchers; collects and shares adaptable practices and procedures that put person before task; creates communication, networking and learning opportunities; and hosts a national conference.

Learn More Pioneer's Current Initiatives

Learn more about Pioneer Network
Download our brochure for great ways to Connect with the Network.

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• Pioneer Network's 10th National Conference
  

  - 8/8/2010 to 8/11/2010

• Action Pact's Food For Thought One day workshop
  

  - 9/16/2010 to 9/16/2010

• 'Villages' let elderly grow old at home
  USA Today
  

  - 7/27/2010

• Evelyn Coke Memorialized in Newsday Op-Ed
  An op-ed co-written by PHI President Steven Dawson and published in the July 22 Newsday pays tribute to the “American heroine” Evelyn Coke.
  

  - 7/23/2010

• He’s not a patient, but plays one for class
  Students studying geriatrics in Maine live for weeks in N.E. nursing homes
  

  - 7/21/2010

• It's good to be home: Choosing durable yet homelike furniture for smaller long-term care facilities
  McKnights
  

  - 7/19/2010

• Making it OK to sleep late
  A Chicago nursing home joins a movement to treat residents more like people, not patients
  

  - 7/17/2010