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A comprehensive long-term care workforce initiative
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Description
LEAP is an initiative designed to develop leadership, mentoring, teamwork, and communication skills for all staff, as well as career mobility for certified nursing assistants. It is based on the belief that training must be implemented at all nursing levels in order to effect change.
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How to Use This Tool
Much of the costly turnover that takes place in healthcare facilities occurs in the first 90 days. One evidence-based solution to this problem is a CNA mentoring program-a staff-development program for identifying, training and rewarding experienced CNAs who are committed to helping new caregivers learn the ropes. The value of a peer-mentoring program lasts long after the initial weeks of a CNA’s employment. Besides helping to retain new staff, a good mentoring program orients them to the expectations of the best of their peers and serves to cultivate the kind of teamwork and cohesiveness that results in quality care. It also helps them to be productive contributors sooner, and they see right from the start that their success is important both to their employer and their coworkers.
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How to Obtain This Tool
For those interested in implementing the LEAP model, a four-day ‘train the trainer’ workshop for staff development coordinators or nurse managers costs $2,595 for the first attendee, with discounts available for additional attendees from the same facility who register at the same time. The cost of annual renewals for the LEAP licensing agreement is $500 per facility, which also covers annual evaluation and benchmarking services coordinated by Mather Institute on Aging.
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Contact
Linda Hollinger-Smith, Ph.D. t: (847) 492-6815
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