Finding “Success” in Long Term Care

1. Finding “Success” in Long Term Care Jona Marie Barrows Senior Health Administration jobarrow@indiana.edu Advisor: JaimaEisenhauer

2. Successful administration is urgent for America Discover success by: 1. Understand History Present Future 2. Define success 3. Attributes Politically aware Intrinsic motivation Ethically sound Financially experienced

3. Literature Review Historical Development of the Social Security Act SSA Historian Abe Bortz What Is Value in Health Care Michael E. Porter, Ph.D. Nursing Home Administration James E. Allen

4. Collecting Data Departments: Dietary Housekeeping Maintenance Human Resources Admissions Business Office MDS Coordinator Social Services Nursing Physical Therapy Activities

5. Why so much regulation and Legislation? • Called almshouse, poor houses, or poor farms • Elderly kept with dangerous individuals • Referred to as inmates • Terrible abuse

6. Definition of Success “Success is the completion of anything intended.” -Dictionary “You know you are a successful facility when you have become the preferred provider in your area.” -Andrew Keen Success is becoming a person and facility of value capable of accomplishing goals, for the residents, the community, and other providers. “At the end of the day you need to be able to look yourself in the mirror.” -JaimaEisenhauer “Try not to become a man of success, but rather a man of value.” -Albert Einstein

7. Four attributes that define successful administrators: • Politically responsive and aware • Intrinsically Motivated • Financially Experienced • Ethically sound

8. Conclusion • Have come a long way • focus on value is vital for the future • “Success is becoming a person and facility of value capable of accomplishing goals, for the residents, the community, and other providers.” • Attributes: • Politically responsive and aware • Intrinsically motivated • Financially experienced • Ethically sound