Practice Innovation Great Ideas 2005

Certified Nursing Assistant’s Perspectives on Promoting Continence -
Lillie Birmingham, CNA and Carla Gussling - The Jewish Home of Rochester

Giving Me a Living Room & Something to Do! - Liz Gordon, CNA, Linda Wilson, CNA, Etta Patterson, RN.N Mgr., Katrina Lattimore, SW, Crystol Mihaly, SW & Christine Franzese, RN - Kirkhaven

A New Proposal -A Lead CNA & Shift Report - Sally Broady, CNA, Ebony Lewis, CNA, Nina Dearring, CNA, Ann Rood, RN, Emily Johnson, RN, Judy Hess, SW & Crystol Mihaly,SW - Kirkhaven

Understanding Who I Am & What I Need! - Marie Lee, CNA, Delores Dixon, CNA, Pam Covert, N Mgr., Paula Henry, BSW, Judy Hess, SW, & Cathy Bunce, RN - Kirkhaven

Innovations to Improve UI - “The Team Approach” - Sue Di Pasquale, RN, MaryBeth Hossenlopp, MS, GNP, Erin Ingham, CNA & Leslie Lorenzo, RN - Park Ridge Living Center

Short Cut to Pull Ups - DulceyNolte, CNA & Vickie Fields, CNA - St. John’s Home

Practice Innovation Great Ideas 2004
Award Winners :

Party Music / Make-up Program- Helen Ike - RN Monroe Community Hospital

Garden GatheringsA Horticultural Therapy Program for Residents - Karen Shinn, RN, MS - Director of Nursing Samuel Burge, OT - Director of Rehabilitation & Recreational Services and SW - Wesley Gardens Skilled Nursing Facility

The Life Story Notebook –A Tool of the “Best Friend” Approach to Dementia Care - Beth Dewispelaere - Livingston County Campus Skilled Nursing Facility

Enhancing Communication with Family Members and Staff - Carol R. DuMond, RN - St. John’s Home

Special Projects for Sundowning Hours - Raelen Melious, RN - Steuben County Health Care Facility

2004 Great Ideas

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner –Does setting a colorful table improve food intake? - Luz Ayala, Medical Secretary - Episcopal Church Home

No Need to Cut These Apron Strings! A Sewing Project on Sunshine Meadows - Luz Ayala, Medical Secretary - Episcopal Church Home

A Fine Feathered Friend, Raising a Cockatiel on Sunshine Meadows - Luz Ayala, Medical Secretary - Episcopal Church Home

Use of a “Change Champion”To Improve Skin Care Practices - Patricia Coleman,PhD, RN, APRN, BCJosePasion, RN, BSN; Gail Travers, RN, BSN, DON Tabitha Love, CNA; Kathy Whitten, LPN - Iroquois Nursing Home, Syracuse, NY

Used Greeting Cards, A Sensory Stimulation Program - Ann Diamond, CTRS –Recreation Specialist - The Jewish Home of Rochester

Visit with Barry, A Pet Therapy Program - Elaine Hinman, M.D. Ed -Recreation Specialist - Fairport Baptist Home

Memories in the Making, An inspirational program that combines creativity and reminiscing - Judith Hutson, CSW - Sisters of St. Joseph, Clarence Residence

Resident Education Series - Kristi Stever, RN Staff Development Coordinator - Unity Living Center

An “In-house” Dementia Day Treatment Program - Darla Cunningham, Activities Assistant; Charles Stiles, COTA; MichaelTripi, MS, OTR/L - New York State Veterans Home @ Batavia

Men’s Plaid Flannel Shirt Society - Louise P. Whitney, LMSW, ACSW Interim Director Adult Day Services - The Jewish Home of Rochester

Day Timer Debutantes, Official Chapter of the Ladies Red Hat Society - Louise P. Whitney, LMSW, ACSW Interim Director Adult Day Services - The Jewish Home of Rochester

Resident Directed Medication Pass: Would changing routine medication times benefit residents and nurses? - Terry Fahy, LPN; Jane Gardener, LPN
St. John's Home

Art Therapy for Persons with Dementia - Diane Goergen, MS, ATR-BC
Hill Haven Via Health

Guided Imagery for Pain Management - Joann McGregor, ADC Blossom View Nursing Home

"Community as School” Program - Carol Hooper - Orleans County Nursing Home

Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) - Bernard Shore, MD - The Jewish Home of Rochester

Sensory Stimulation Program - Sharon Franklin, SW, Babs MacNabb-Sperling, MT-BC - F.F. Thompson Continuing Care Center

"Young at Heart” – Keeping Mind and Body Active - Lynette Decker, BA – Gerontology; Diane Amaral, RN; Maureen Allenza, RN And Nursing Assistants/Activities Staff - Alterra Clare Bridge of Perinton

Therapeutic Recreation for Persons with Dementia - Stacey Kozlowski, RT - Hill Haven Via Health

Don’t Forget” Hospice for the Patient with Dementia - Erma Mae Perkins, RN, CHPN - Genesee Region Home Care – Hospice of Rochester

Formalized Exercise Program - Keri Cuyler; Jolene Olsowske - Unity Living Center

Practice Innovation Great Ideas 2003
Award Winners :

The Utilization of “Memory Boxes”:Two Years’ Experience - “Boredom Buster Booster Team”Carol Cooper, SW; Starr Diliberto, CNA, Arlene Heneghan,  Mollie Richards, Penny Russell, Marcia Sherman, Barbara Sullivan - Jewish Home of Rochester

The Comfort Care Unit:Resident & Family Satisfaction - Carol DuMond, RN - St. John’s Home

Implementing the use of “Gentle Touch” with Residents with Dementia and/or Behavior Problems - Jan DeBach - Leroy Village Green RHCP

2003 Great Ideas

Comfort Care Program -A Team Approach in Providing Quality Care at the End-of-Life - Brenda Kloster, RN, BSN - Hill Haven Nursing Home

The Team Approach to Preventing and Treating Pressure Ulcers-Robert E. Sobon, Cynthia Kandrotas, Cynthia Elbow, Wyoming County Community Health

Potential Barriers to the Implementation of Consultant Recommendations - JoAnnRomano-Egan Vicki Weinstein-Finnefrock- The Jewish Home of Rochester

Strategies for Improving the Assessment and Treatment of Pain at the End-of-Life, Shirley Warren, RN - Blossom View Nursing Home

Maintaining and Improving Each Resident to Be Their “BEST”By Actively Focusing on Optimal Physical, Mental and Psychosocial Functioning - Deborah Langdon, RN, C - Wayne County Nursing Home

Activities “Plus” Improve Alzheimers’Care - Judith A. Hutson, CSW, Administrator - Catholic Health System, Buffalo, NY

A Pilot Project to Determine the Usefulness of Reflexology in the Management of Chronic Pain - Karen S. Roth, MS, RNCS - EpsicopalChurch Home

Keys to Success for Recruitment & Retention - Roberta Maruschock, RN - Kirkhaven Nursing Home

Exercise and Gross Motor Activitiesfor Persons with Dementia - Janet McDonnell, Therapeutic Recreation Coordinator - KirkhavenNursing Home

Growing the Eden AlternativeStrategies for Improving Quality of Life for Elders - Nancy Smyth - Rochester Presbyterian Home

Elimination of the 5:00 PM Medication Pass - Kim Danzig, RNC, ADON - The Hurlbut Nursing Home

Lessons Learned: Pain Assessment for Nursing Home Residents - Susan E. DeRosa, MS, RN, CS  - Unity Health System Living Centers

Partners in Caregiving:Program Accomplishments - Jason Dauenhauer Monroe Community Hospital

Improving Resident Mobility with a Range of Motion Program - Lorraine Decker, MSN, BSN, RN, Dr. Lynda J. Dimitroff, PhD, BSN, RN, CHES - Monroe Community Hospital