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National Residents' Rights Week 2008:

October 5-11, 2008

 

Recipe for Home: Defining and Creating Home in Long-Term Care Facilities

 

Residents' Rights Week is designated by NCCNHR: The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care and is celebrated the first full week in October each year to honor residents living in all long-term care facilities, including nursing homes, sub acute units, assisted living, board and care, and retirement communities. It is a time for celebration and recognition offering an opportunity for every facility to focus on and celebrate awareness of dignity, respect and the value of each individual resident.

The Residents' Voice

NCCNHR: The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care is excited to offer a new event to our annual Residents' Rights Week: The Residents' Voice. The Residents' Voice is an opportunity for residents from facilities across the country to share their ideas about this year's theme, "Recipe for Home: Defining and Creating Home in Long-Term Care Facilities" with other residents, ombudsmen, families, community members and nursing home staff.

We are inviting residents to submit their recipe for what home means to them and how to create that home in a long-term care facility. The Resident submissions will be randomly displayed on the NCCNHR and National Ombudsman Resource Center websites in a new section called "The Residents' Voice." Residents who participate will receive a certificate of participation.

Please note that entries are due August 1, 2008!

2008 Residents' Rights Week Packet

This completely downloadable and ready-to-use packet includes promotional materials, activities to celebrate Residents' Rights Week, training tools, and resources.NCCNHR’s Residents’ Rights Week Packet of Materials that will include suggested activities; training materials; and resources.
Recommended Activities:

Training Activities:

Home vs. Homelike by the Eden Alternative

Promotional Materials:

Examples of How Ombudsmen Celebrate Residents' Rights Week

The Area IV LTC Ombudsman Program, Lafayette, IN, hosted a party for residents to kick-off Residents’ Rights Week 2007. Read about the party and how they did it, and view some photos of the event.

Let us know you're celebrating! Contact Milissa Lake-Spencer, Ombudsman Specialist, at mlakespencer@nccnhr.org.

We will be featuring different Ombudsman Program Activities to celebrate Residents' Rights Week.

 

Packets from previous years are available. Search by year for materials and resources: 

 

2007

2006

2005 2004 2003 2002

 



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