Training
Educational Services
Upcoming events
May 22, 2012
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CDT
Activities in a Person Directed Environment (Series webinar #3)
The session will discuss the concepts of
- person directed and person centered activities
- how to get started with supporting person directed activities and
- will illustrate examples of ways to adapt person directed activities that may suit your home’s environment.
Registration for this Webinar is now open at the following link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/523416368.
If you have questions or would like information on participating in future webinars, please send e-mail to DADSCultureChange@dads.state.tx.us
Past events
Webinar Series
The Bathing Experience (Series webinar #2)
- PowerPoint slides in PDF format
- PowerPoint slides in HTML
- Continuum of Person-Directedness (PDF)
- Effect of Person-Centered Showering and the Towel Bath on Bathing-Associated Aggression, Agitation, and Discomfort in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia: A Randomized, Controlled Trial (PDF)
- Bathing without a battle: New ways to assist people with bathing and keeping clean (PDF)
- Webinar recording
The Dining Experience: A DADS Culture Change Initiative (Series webinar #1)
- Please send your request for a copy of the webinar CD to DADSCultureChange@dads.state.tx.us. Include your mailing address with your request.
- PowerPoint slides in PDF format
- PowerPoint slides in HTML format
- TRISUN handout in PDF format
- Webinar questions and answers in PDF format
- Regal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center: Family Dining (PowerPoint slides in PDF)
Culture Change Symposium, July 2011
The Department of Aging and Disability Services sponsored a symposium in collaboration with TMF Health Quality Institute. The symposium, titled "Culture Change: Enriching Lives in Nursing Homes," was held in Austin on July 25, 2011.
Note: DADS has compact discs (CDs) containing several of the PowerPoint presentations from the 2011 symposium. These are available upon request. Please submit your request to this web address: DADSCultureChange@dads.state.tx.us.
DADS Culture Change Conference 2008
The Department of Aging and Disability Services sponsored three conferences, one each in the cities of Arlington, Austin and San Antonio, during the summer of 2008. The title was "The Elements of Care Planning." The conferences provided information on the regulatory aspect of care planning, the findings for the nursing facility quality review of 2007, and a person-directed approach to care planning.
CMS Teleconference: Culture Change and CMS, January, 2007
The attached information was distributed to Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) regional offices and states concerning a video-broadcast on Nursing Home Culture Change that took place in 2007. It was sponsored by Karen Schoeneman of CMS-Baltimore, in the Division of Nursing Homes. States participated by teleconference.
- Culture Change Information for Regulators (PowerPoint)
- S&C Letter 07-07: Nursing Home Culture Change Regulatory Compliance Questions and Answers (PDF)
DADS Culture Change Conference, August 2006
The Department of Aging and Disability Services sponsored a joint conference with the Texas Health Care Association, Texas Health Care Association Education Foundation, Educational Institute on Aging, Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging and TMF Health Quality Institute. The conference title was "Putting the Pieces Together." Conference locations were Austin, Bryan-College Station, McAllen and Arlington. Topics included:
- Before and After Care Plan Samples
- Artifacts of Culture Change checklist
- Getting to Know You
- Positive Outcomes
Updated: May 15, 2012