Colorado Culture Change Coalition
Events
Creating Home: Access to Nature Webinar Series
Pioneer Network is proud to offer a three-part webinar series that investigates outdoor environmental design and green spaces to benefit older adults. The webinars will take place on three Tuesdays in March -- the 2nd, 9th and 16th from 1:00pm to 2:00 p.m. EST.
The webinars:
- Access to Nature: The Value of Nature for Older Adults
- Access to Nature: Improving Outdoor Access for Older Adults
- Access to Nature: Safe and Usable Outdoor Spaces for Older Adults
The registration fee for all three webinars is $199 Use Coupon Code "Nature" (note coupon code is case sensitive). Individual webinars may be purchased for $89.00. Click to register.
5th Annual Eden Alternative International Conference
The Art of Creating Caring Communities: Meeting the Challenges
13-15 June 2010
The Westin Tabor Center
Denver, CO
More details at the Eden Alternative web site.
Save the Date (PDF)
Call for Presentations (PDF)
Speaker Application (PDF)
Friends of Eden Vendor Packet (PDF)
News
New Executive Director for the CCCC
The Colorado Culture Change Coalition is very happy to announce the selection of Sheri Clark as the Executive Director for our organization. Sheri has recently been the Executive Director for the Breast Cancer Network of Strength, Rocky Mountain and the Listen Foundation and has many years of experience in leading non-profits. This opportunity has been provided through a generous grant from the Colorado Health Foundation. The CCCC is very excited that Sheri has accepted this position.
CCCC receives CHF Grant
CCCC received funding from the Colorado Health Foundation to hire an Executive Director (job description- PDF). To learn more about the grant, read a letter from Beth Irtz (PDF), President of the Board of Directors.
HB1196 – A bill for culture change
HB1196 Passed
We have great news that HB 1196 has passed through the legislature and is on its way to the Governor for signature.
The bill provides for money in the nursing home penalty cash fund to improve the quality of life for residents of nursing homes. The money can be used for consumer education to promote resident centered care in nursing facilities, and train state surveyors and ombudsman regarding resident directed care. It establishes an accountability board to provide recommendations on expenditures of the funds. The money allocated in 2009-2010 is $200,000 and for fiscal year 2010 and thereafter an amount equal to the lesser of the amount approved by the accountability board or twenty five percent of the money’s deposited into the nursing home penalty cash fund the immediate preceding year.
Penny Cook on Colorado Matters
Listen to Penny Cook talk about HB1196 on Colorado Matters. (You can also go to the Colorado Matters page on the CPR web site and look for the link from April 8.)
INDenver Times story about HB 1196
About the Bill
Colorado Culture Change Coalition is excited about HB1196 (PDF) that was just introduced in early February. Federal Civil Monetary Penalties (CMPs) and State CMPs/fines are imposed by the regulatory agencies that license nursing homes if a nursing home does not comply with regulatory standards.
Right now the money is used to help relocate residents in nursing homes when the nursing home shuts down. HB1196 is asking that a portion of that money be reallocated to a nursing home improvement and innovation fund so that it can be used to improve current nursing homes. HB1196 does not require any additional funding and does not use general fund money, so it is a smart, innovative move in these difficult financial times. There is also a safety net written into the bill so there is always adequate funding in case a nursing home closes and residents need to be moved.
Pioneer Network has a great document on their website (PDF) that explains how several other states have successfully begun using these CMP dollars to create change in their nursing homes.
The Colorado Accord a major success!
See the Accord page for details.
