On December 6th, more than 500 1199SEIU nurses and nurse managers gathered at the tenth annual 1199SEIU League Registered Nurse Labor Management Initiative (RNLMI) Nursing Symposium, “The Real Hand-off in Healthcare: Disruption.” The goal of the annual Symposium is to...
Imagine having the opportunity to interact with a trained actor simulating nursing home residents with specific behavioral health challenges. Participants in the final learning exchange of the Labor Management Project’s (LMP’s) and Continuing Care Leadership...
The Pioneer Network is the national leader of the culture change movement within nursing homes. In August, staff from three nursing homes that participate in the Labor Management Project’s Behavioral Health Learning Collaborative – Mary Manning Walsh, Terence...
“We are in the process of trying to grow, to take what we’ve learned here and just try to get better,” said BronxCare Special Care Center’s recreational therapist Jennifer Cross at the final meeting of the Behavioral Health Learning Collaborative (BHLC) on December...
As we reported last year, Brooklyn’s healthcare infrastructure is undergoing a major transformation as Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Interfaith Medical Center and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center unite into one system. The new entity, called One...
Mental illness/behavioral health challenges are highly common among nursing home residents. Over the past two decades, the number of individuals with mental illness–particularly depression—has increased significantly, and admissions for mental illness now exceed...
