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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />il <br />The individualized activities were especially soothing in the "sun- downing" part of the day. As a <br />result of this project, many residents have displayed less anxiety and agitation, fewer <br />hallucinations, and less wandering. This approach to activities planning can be implemented in <br />a wide variety of long term care settings and should be replicated widely. <br />Carol Woods Retirement Community: Pat Sprigg, CEO and Life Enrichment Coordinator <br />Mallory Wilcox <br />Carol Woods is a Continuous Care Retirement Community in Chapel Hill, home to <br />approximately 400 older adults at various levels of functioning. The goal of this project was to <br />create a resident - driven, meaningful activity that would engage residents at all levels of service <br />and provide them with a sense of purpose through community outreach. <br />Carol Woods' residents were invited to a series of meetings to design a project that the whole <br />community could do together. The residents decided on a "Corn Shuckin & Bean Snappin" <br />project that could engage all members of the Carol Woods community and produce an outcome <br />that would benefit the wider Orange County community. Carol Woods' residents did the corn <br />shucking and bean snapping together; local farmers provided the produce; and clients of Club <br />Nova and the Interfaith Council received the fresh vegetables. The event was considered a <br />huge success. More people, at more levels of functioning, were involved than originally hoped. <br />Residents with advanced dementia took part. It helped facilitate the use of skills thought to be <br />lost or dormant. Residents who had known each other from previous years had a chance to <br />reunite and work together on a common project. Carol Woods was so impressed with the level <br />of resident engagement on this project that it has committed to plan a campus -wide event <br />similar to this one on a quarterly basis. Carol Woods hopes that these types of activities will <br />become the "norm" in the way that Carol Woods supports resident well- being. This project can <br />be replicated in a variety of long -term care settings to provide meaningful activities that engage <br />residents at multiple functional levels. <br />Acorn Home Care Services: Owners Lorenzo and Mary Lynn Mejia <br />Acorn Home Care Services, Inc. is a private home care agency operating within Orange <br />County. Acorn undertook two projects this year - one to improve care directly through an <br />individualized music and memory program and one to improve care indirectly through new <br />management practices designed to support and reward direct care workers for good work. <br />Regarding the first project, Acorn Home Care implemented a new, individualized music <br />program with their clients who have dementia. As a result, family members have noted more <br />social engagement, improved cognitive skills, better vocabulary, and less agitation. In the <br />coming years, Acorn Home Services wants to offer this service to all their families caring for a <br />loved one with dementia. <br />To better support its paid caregivers so that they can provide quality care to clients, Acorn also <br />implemented a new employee reward system. It offered merit bonuses for high quality care and <br />good work practices and created a variety of non - monetary supports on an individualized basis. <br />Since implementing these new management strategies, there has been excellent worker <br />attendance, low turn -over rates, and improved employee satisfaction. Keeping good workers in <br />place leads to better continuity of care, which is highly correlated with client satisfaction and <br />quality of life in long -term care settings. <br />Donna Prather said they are grateful for these leaders in the long -term care industry in <br />Orange County and, with the Board of Commissioners, want to publicly acknowledge their <br />willingness to try new, promising care practices and management strategies and serve as a <br />
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