Regional Learning Collaboratives

What is a Learning Collaborative?

The adoption of culture change practices is both exciting and challenging. It is natural for staff to want to fall back on the tried and true and to have concerns about change. The learning collaboratives are designed to provide your team with the coaching and mentoring you need in order to adopt successful strategies of transformational change.

The Regional Learning Collaboratives provides the opportunity for a team from your nursing home to learn theory and then apply it in practice over time. The teams will meet for a year – with quarterly learning sessions and monthly support meetings held between the quarterly learning sessions.

1. Four Quarterly Learning Sessions will feature a presentation by an expert faculty member. Continuing education credits will be offered.
• Learning Session #1: Introductory Module: How to Get Started and Make Lasting Change
• Learning Session #2: Care Practices Module
• Learning Session #3: Environmental Practices Module
• Learning Session #4: Quality of Life and End of Life in a Nursing Home


2. Monthly Support Meetings
   
   The purpose of the Support Meetings is to follow up on action plans, coach and advise on implementation, and to talk about what is working and what is not working. These two-hour sessions will meet in locations that are central to participating facilities.

The learning collaboratives are designed to provide you with the coaching and mentoring you need in order to adopt strategies of transformational change.

Who should attend?

Plan to bring four to six members of your nursing home team to participate throughout the year. It is best if team members can remain consistent throughout the year; however, it is realistic to expect there will be some turnover of team members.

Choose team members for their leadership skills – not just their position in the organization. It’s also good to bring people who are vocal in their concerns about making change – the ones who say, "That can never work here". We suggest the team brings at least one certified nursing assistant.

What Will It Cost?

The charge will be $300 per facility for the year. The charge covers the costs of the faculty and printing curriculum materials. The cost is per facility, and you can bring from three to five team members to each session.

Will Continuing Education Units Be Offered?

Yes.  RNs, LVNs, Nursing Home Administrators and Certified Nursing Assistants can all earn CEUs for attending the sessions.