Created in 1999 via HB 1971 and since 2000 continuously funded through a
contract with Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration with the mission of
creating an integrated statewide LTC education and research consortium to
improve care and quality of life for older adults in the setting of residential care
PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Bernie RoosADMINISTRATOR: Marilyn Cheung
TNH STEERING COMMITTEE
• Michael Mintzer, Chair Steering Committee
• Kathy Hyer, Past Chair• LuMarie Polivka-West• Linda Wilkes• Cathy Lieblich• Annette Kelly• Christine Williams• Larry Polivka
• Jorge Ruiz• Ellen Brown• Alan Sadowsky• Brian Robare• Victor Molinari• Thomas Wan • AHCA Representative• FADONA
Representative
TNH GOALS
Develop conferences, consortia, and collaborations to identify education and technology gaps in residential LTC and develop curriculums to fill those gaps.
Improve efficiency and effectiveness of LTC through introduction and refinement of educational technology for training and clinical decision support.
Enhance academic and public image of residential LTC.
TNH ACTIVITIES
Assess LTC training and curriculum needs
Create and validate needed training
Develop clinical decision-support technology
Enhance interdisciplinary communication
Promote QM-related QI and culture change (FMQAI and FPN collaborations)
NOTABLE RECENT TNH CURRICULUMS
“Dining at Home”A response to the imperatives of
resident dignity and culture change
“Depression in Dementia” A response to national concerns for the cost and turmoil due to underrecognition of this
important LTC problem
COMPETENCE
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Cognition (Remember)
Behavior (Apply)
Analysis – Identifying the training need and gathering information about the training program and its participants
Design – Blueprinting what should be learned and how
Development – Producing training materials and their testing
Implementation – Delivering the training
Evaluation – Assessing the training’s success (satisfaction and effectiveness)
“ADDIE” Curriculum Development System
www.ltc.geriu.org
TNH WEB SITE
TNH’S DVD-BASED BLENDED-LEARNING MODULES
PILOT STUDIES OF PDA USE AND UTILITY IN NHs
PDAs viewed by LTC nurses as usable and useful portable tools for reinforcing training and for clinical decision support
PDA training modules as reinforcement tools for DVD and other curriculums
TNH CurriculumsTrainer-Facilitated
Instruction
PDA-Based
Reinforcement Clinical Support
Quality Improvement
- Pain Assessment- Pain Assessment- Falls Prevention- Falls Prevention- Dementia- Dementia- Depression- Depression- Clinical Communication- Clinical Communication- Culture Change- Culture Change
- Physical Restraints- Physical Restraints- Pressure Ulcers- Pressure Ulcers
- CHF & Diabetes- CHF & Diabetes
www.ltc.geriu.orgTNH WEB SITE
TNH’S BLENDED-LEARNING APPROACH
TrainingTechnology
Culture of Learning
• Instructional Design
• Technology
• Competencies– Recognizes
– Communicates
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• LTC needs education strategies and technologies that efficiently provide effective competency-based instruction and clinical support!!
• TNH has created and introduced training and related education and support technologies that are effective, efficient, and satisfying.
• TNH is uniquely positioned to support, improve, and disseminate these technologies while continuing its statewide consortium efforts to initiate and promote collaborative training and research in best practices.