Title: Calcasieu Council on Aging Lake Charles Regional Ombudsman Charman Cruseturner, Ombudsman Coordinato
1Calcasieu Council on Aging Lake Charles
Regional OmbudsmanCharman Cruseturner Ombudsman
CoordinatorTelephone 337-474-2583 or
800-223-5872 Email ccruseturner346_at_calcoa.org
Steppin Away from the Wall Lake Charles Nursing
Home Staffing Project Learning Session 2 April
10 2008 Faculty Cathie Brady Barbara Frank
and Susan Wehry MD cbrady01_at_snet.net
bfrank1020_at_aol.com swehrymd_at_verizon.net
2Thank you for your visitsWe heard from you
- Learned from each other last time some
strategies worked - Need help with recruitment hiring orientation
and retention of new employees - Younger workers
- Pay
- Income limits
- Supervision
- Low census have you thought of private rooms?
- Cant see whole picture when youre this close to
the wall
3Focus for the day
- Tried and true ways to get new staff and keep
them recruitment hiring orientation and
retention practices - Spend smart use your current resources better
to support staff retention - Learning from each other
4Be an active learner
- We learn three ways
- Formal educational opportunities
- Our own experience
- The experiences of others sharing ideas
- Share shamelessly
- Your experience with Homework assignments
- Successful new practices you heard last time
- If you werent here last time share a successful
practice youve tried in last six months related
to staff stability
5Why homework?
- Opportunity to try something new
- If you dont try anything new nothing new will
happen - The more you put into this the more youll get
out of it - Youre not alone
6Key Contacts
- Charman Cruseturner
- Cell 337-377-7937
- ccruseturner346_at_calcoa.org
- Wilma Marler
- Cell 318-481-2384
- wmarler_at_lhcr.org
- Jodi Guidry
- Cell 337-304-3689
- jguidry_at_lnha.org
- All materials available at
- www.lhcr.org
