Ohio Person-Centered Care Coalition

History

Summer 2005: Five representatives from the state attended the St. Louis Accord and developed an action plan to move culture change throughout Ohio.

Fall 2005: The Ohio Person-Centered Care Coalition was named and established by the QIO, two provider associations, the Department of Aging, LTC Ombudsman, the DOH TA Program, the Dept. of Job and Family Services, the Health Policy Institute and a few providers, including Eliza Jennings, Avon Oaks, Westminster Thurber and the Healthcare Center at the Renaissance.

Winter 2005-06: The mission and vision were established. The coalition seeks to promote the ideals of the culture change movement throughout the state. A steering committee and subcommittees were formed and the coalition conducted its first annual conference, "With Person-Centered Care, Everyone Wins."

Spring 2006: Scripps Gerontology Center began nursing home surveys that included voluntary questions about culture change.

Summer 2006: Coalition developed a brochure and event display for Ohio trade shows.

Winter 2006-07: Coalition members were asked to meet with CMS to participate in the development of a training video on clinical aspects of person-centered care in Baltimore for viewing by providers and surveyors. Hosted teleconference in November 2007 on the topic of reducing alarms in the home. Participated in training for state surveyors regarding culture change in November 2007.

Organizational Structure

Officers – President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer.
Currently OPC3 does not charge dues, but is planning to in the future.
Meetings or teleconferences are held monthly.
The OPC3 has created several committees to provide resources. These committees are:

• Education - Plan and facilitate educational events, specifically, the annual conference;
• Website - Develop and maintain the coalition website and the coalition listserv;
• Resource - Select and develop materials and other resources to be shared with the coalition members, posted on the coalition website, and promoted statewide;
• Regulatory - Address perceived and actual regulatory barriers to the provision of person-centered care;
• Public Relations - Plan and facilitate media events, conference presentations and exhibits, and other public events to educate the general public and medical professionals about the movement toward person-centered care;
• Assessment - Assess the current pervasiveness of person-centered care in long-term care facilities in Ohio to focus and measure efforts of the coalition to spread this ideal.

Funding

The only revenue source has been from conferences.

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