Building Culture Leaders Project Back in May of this year, I wrote a blog about the Building Culture Leaders project after attending one of their in-person trainings in Greensboro. This was the last in-person training for the Year One Cohort and it was an awesome experience to sit with 40 leaders from long-term care communities from across the State and listen to their experiences after participating in the project for a year. By this point, all of the participants had at

The Virtual Dementia Tour ® Extension Project Dementia is one of the most heart-breaking diseases affecting approximately 10% of all...

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Building Culture Leaders Project It's no secret that the landscape of long-term care has shifted dramatically in the last five years,...

It's no secret that one of the most popular activities in long-term care communities is BINGO. For decades, this simple game has been...

Anna R. Franklin NCCCC Member, Regional Ombudsman Southwestern Commission AAA, Region A Imagine walking into a place that is supposed to...

Celebrating Residents' Rights Month in Long-Term Care Communities October is nationally recognized as Residents' Rights Month, a time to...

Unless you are one of those folks who live totally off the grid and have little to no access to the modern world, you should know by now...

Part 2: Between the Lines When the CMPRP Revisions were released in September 2023, they not only provided a defined list of allowable...

Part 1: Public Health Emergency Funding On May 11, 2023, the federal Public Health Emergency ended, bringing an end to most of the health...

There is nothing permanent except change. ~ Heraclitus Sheeeew isn't that the truth! For all of you nerds (like me :) Heraclitus was a...

"...medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love,...

Individuals living in long-term care facilities are afforded Rights through the 1987 Nursing Home Reform Law, which was created to...

The Great Resignation. The Big Quit. The Great Reshuffle. You've likely heard at least one of those terms used in the last 2+ years and...

The CMP Fund was created in 1996 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the purpose of supporting activities that benefit...

Research supports that friendships are specific to our stages of life – with our friendships becoming closer, fewer, and more binding as...

It is the responsibility of long-term care providers to provide a place where individuals feel that they are safe, loved, and are given...

We all know that eating right, exercise and getting the right amount of sleep are important for maintaining our overall health. But can...

Skilled nursing facilities are facing a change in the culture of their communities. This change involves learning to care not only for...

There is a saying that goes like this ... "the only thing harder than planning for a disaster is explaining why you did not." On...

“To Know Me - A Method to Enhance Person-Centered Care” is a CMPRP funded project benefiting long-term residents in North Carolina....

Therapeutic Musicians of Coastal Carolina is using their time, talents, and the CMP Reinvestment Program to enhance the quality of life...