This summer and fall, you can catch LMP staff on the road sharing the results of our work at four national conferences. In August, Assistant Director, Nursing Homes Janice Dabney and consultant to the LMP Lois Schram will share their expertise on how to reduce...
On a sunny and humid day in June, members of the labor and management committee at Bronx Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare transformed into actors and actresses to create video skits on workplace violence. Since 2014, Bronx Center’s labor and management...
The Labor Management Project will share its expertise on how to reduce violence in nursing homes on August 2 at this year’s Pioneer Network Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. LMP Assistant Director Janice Dabney and consultant Lois Schram will conduct a workshop on...
Imagine that you are a certified nursing assistant (CNA) on a dementia unit of a nursing home. You are helping a resident with Alzheimer’s disease get dressed and, suddenly, she starts yelling profanities at you, aggressively demanding that you not touch her. As you...
As of January 1, 2016, patient care workers in New York State will have the same legal protections against on-the-job assault as registered nurses, firefighters and emergency medical technicians. State bill S.3621-A, recently signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo,...
In his session on how to respond to if a gunman begins to shoot people at your workplace, J. David Weidner, Director of Emergency Preparedness for the Health Care Association of New Jersey, emphasized the importance of trusting your instincts. “Run – Hide – Fight” was...
