Category: Leadership Practices

It’s Time We Start Talking About Ageism

In this excerpt from her new book, Disrupting the Status Quo of Senior Living: A Mindshift, Jill Vitale-Aussem, President and CEO of The Eden Alternative, takes a serious and critical look at how we view aging. Society has condemned racism, sexism, classicism, and so on. It’s time we condemn ageism as well. We’re All Aging Right now, as you read this sentence, you’re aging. We all are—every minute of every day. In youth, the passing of a day, a month, or a year isn’t viewed as a negative because the passing of time means we’re growing up. And growing up…

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Disrupting the Status Quo of Senior Living

In this interview with President and CEO of The Eden Alternative, Jill Vitale-Aussem discusses senior living, hospitality, ageism, and shifting our perspectives. In your book, Disrupting the Status Quo of Senior Living: A Mindshift, you discuss how the hospitality model in long-term care can actually be detrimental to residents, which many people don’t realize. Why is this? First, I need to explain that hospitality has a role to play in our field. We can learn a lot from hotels and resorts about welcoming guests and visitors. But…

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Employment Interviewing Federal Guidelines INFOGRAPHIC

Read the book! Becoming an Effective Leader in Healthcare Management The 12 Essential Skills Second Edition By Len Sperry, M.D., Ph.D. Copyright © 2017 by Health Professions Press, Inc. Learn and master the 12 critical interpersonal, financial, and organizational healthcare management skills with this practical guide from a seasoned healthcare manager. Learn more…

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5 Steps to Achieve Staff Stability

Read the book! A Long-Term Care Leader’s Guide to High Performance Doing Better Together By Cathie Brady, M.S., David Farrell, M.S.W., L.N.H.A., and Barbara Frank, M.P.A. Copyright © 2018 by Health Professions Press, Inc.  Implement leadership practices and systems for continuous quality improvement in your long-term care organization with this practical guide. Learn more…

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5 Keys to Good Hiring

When it comes to retaining staff in long-term care, taking the time to hire the right people is paramount. Use the carpenter’s framework: “measure twice—cut once.”

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Federal Guidelines in Employment Interviewing: What You Can and Cannot Ask

When interviewing potential employees, managers should frame questions and pose situational scenarios that are performance focused. But questions must follow federal guidelines as set out by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Any time a manager undertakes an employment interview, he or she must be certain about what can and cannot be asked and said in such pre-employment interviews. Below is a partial list of lines of inquiry that can and cannot be explored in such interviews. You CAN: Ask about previous employment including job performance But…

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5 Strategies to Motivate Your Employees

These five strategies can guide managers in increasing motivation in their work units: Establish clear performance expectations The manager’s initial effort in increasing motivation should be to establish clear goals and expectations for employee and team performance. Research shows rather consistently that employees are more likely to own goals if they believe they have been sufficiently involved in the goal-setting process. Furthermore, these goals and expectations must be formulated in such a way that they are sufficiently specific and consistent and appropriately challenging for an employee or team. Facilitate outcomes by coaching and by removing obstacles to goal achievement After…

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Hiring the Right People in Long-Term Care

Working in long-term care is not for everyone. I am sure I am not the only person who has experienced the “Oh” reaction when you meet someone for the first time and are asked what you do for a living.

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Growing a Person-Centered Community

Download this handy infographic on shifting your thinking away from the institutional model of care, and growing your organization into a person-centered one.   Read the book! Lessons in Leadership for Person-Centered Elder Care By Nancy Fox Copyright © 2017 by Health Professions Press, Inc. Lead your organization to success in person-centered care, using these expert leadership and management lessons! Learn more…

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