Livewell Reunites with Partners, Alum, and Greets New Learning Cohort Members as OHCA Sets Attendance Record
KEYNOTE HONES IN ON STAFF RETENTION
OHCA’s two-day event opened with a keynote presentation delivered by Ron Culberson, author, and humorist with a career in healthcare services and hospice. Ron’s passion is to help care workers pursue excellence while infusing their lives and work with joy and purpose. His presentation focused on the most pressing concern in our industry today: staff retention.
It was a perfect compliment to LiveWell’s presence at the Annual Convention & Trade Show. The LiveWell Method™ has consistently demonstrated itself capable of increasing a staff’s sense of empowerment, teamwork, and communication, leading to greater staff retention, as evidenced by a Portland State University study of LiveWell’s effectiveness.
ALUMNI REUNIONS + NEW CONNECTIONS
In addition to the featured keynote, attendees took in a wide variety of breakout sessions on topics relating to clinical skills; diversity, equity, and inclusion; leadership; life enrichment; quality improvement; and more.
LiveWell Team member, Steve Mitchell, talks with Blair Brock from Battle Creek Memory Care
ATTENDEES CONNECTED WITH SPONSORS AND VENDORS AT THE TRADE SHOW.
The LiveWell booth saw steady traffic and a mix of old and new friends. Previous advisors and Virtual Learning Cohort members included Dave Thurber with CAC Specialty Insurance and Ann-Marie Segarra, formerly with Rose Linn Vintage Place. In addition, our team connected with OneLife Senior Living leaders, all of whom expressed excitement about the next learning cohort.
LiveWell CEO, Barbara Kohnen Adriance, chats about the next Virtual Learning Collaborative with Battle Creek Memory Care Executive Director, Todd Whitehead, and an associate.
Why should you join a learning cohort and do LiveWell?
Because it helps you create the kind of communities where staff and residents thrive together. Where literally everyone works in sync to innovate care, nurture dignity, build community, and honor elders. It is possible. We can do this if we focus on five core principles:
ENGAGE: LiveWell offers practices and tools that include everyone, which helps staff and residents build an equitable and inclusive community. Every person knows that they belong and are a valuable part of making their community a better place to live and work.
EMPOWER: These same practices and tools improve teamwork and communication, making it easy for people to take meaningful action in order to improve the care and safety of residents and staff.
EXPLORE: Curiosity about new ideas, technologies, and ways of living and working is key to becoming an innovative learning organization.
EXCEL: LiveWell-trained teams know what excellent care looks like, use their strengths to model excellent teamwork and communication, and are skilled in best practices of tracking measuring, root cause analysis, and tests of change.
EVOLVE: Over time, organizations that are committed to excellence and a growth mindset find learning opportunities everywhere. They develop a culture that sustains continuous improvement, nurtures innovation, and above all ensures that everyone belongs.
LiveWell also helps retain staff and build community. Communities that do LiveWell have a 60% decrease in staff turnover. LiveWell also improves the quality of life for staff AND residents. Residents have fewer falls and fewer medication errors, while staff experience fewer workplace injuries.
LiveWell communities also reduce their costs: reduced falls and increased staff retention help communities save an average of $135,900 annually.
Welcoming the Pumpkin Spice Latte Season with you all!
— Barbara, Steve, Andy, Marcus, Cecilia, Whitney, Ann, Miles, and Judy, and Ana