Lawson State Community College students helped Oak Trace Care & Rehab Center implement “Music & Memory” for nursing home residents. Pictured seated: Oak Trace resident Arnold Mushatt. Standing from left to right: Oak Trace resident Clarence Todd; Lawson State students Renee Burrough, Jalia Wilkins and Brenda Hardy; Oak Trace Administrator Trina Vines; Oak Trace Resident Leonard Hinton; Lawson State students Chrystal Thompson, Tiaira Trammel and Sunkeissa Cantrell.
Several hundred nursing home caregivers from across Alabama gathered in Birmingham for Alabama’s Best Practices 2014.
The event featured presentations from eight nursing homes.
Fifty-six employees were honored for a combined 687 years of service in long term care.
Here’s a photo gallery from the fun and educational day.
Click here for more information about Alabama’s Best Practices.
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- Crowd gives a standing ovation at Alabama’s Best Practices on August 28, 2014, at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center in Birmingham.
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- Athens Rehab & Senior Care presents “Dementia Assessment & Management” at Alabama’s Best Practices on August 28, 2014.
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- Cullman Health & Rehab Center employees perform a skit to illustrate their “Daily Shift Huddle” Best Practice.
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- Cullman Health & Rehab Center employees toss footballs into the crowd as part of their “Daily Shift Huddle” presentation.
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- Falkville Health & Rehab Center employees lead the Alabama’s Best Practices crowd in a song as part of their “Road to Quality Improvement” presentation.
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- Ms. Alabama Nursing Home Edna Farrell is interviewed by host Bob Coker at Alabama’s Best Practices. Ms. Farrell is a resident is of Arbor Springs Health & Rehab Center in Opelika.
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- Employees from Thomasville Health Care & Rehab Center perform at Alabama’s Best Practices on August 28, 2014. Thomasville’s Best Practice is “Flip This Room.”
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- Employees of Thomasville Health Care & Rehab Center demonstrate their “Flip This Room” best practice.
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- The crowd dances along as Oak Trace Care & Rehab Center employees perform their “Music & Memory” Best Practice.
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- Lawson State Community College students helped Oak Trace Care & Rehab Center implement “Music & Memory” for nursing home residents. Pictured seated: Oak Trace resident Arnold Mushatt. Standing from left to right: Oak Trace resident Clarence Todd; Lawson State students Renee Burrough, Jalia Wilkins and Brenda Hardy; Oak Trace Administrator Trina Vines; Oak Trace Resident Leonard Hinton; Lawson State students Chrystal Thompson, Tiaira Trammel and Sunkeissa Cantrell.
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- Alabama’s Best Practices honors Joyce Beck for 34 years of service as Dietary Manager at Haleyville Health & Rehab. Alabama Nursing Home Association Executive Director Bill O’Connor presents Beck with a certificate.
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- Fair Haven Retirement Center uses a tailgate party to demonstrate its “Party with a Purpose” program at Alabama’s Best Practices on August 28, 2014.
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- Hanceville Nursing & Rehab Center employees make last minute preparations before taking the stage at Alabama’s Best Practices on August 28, 2014.
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- Hanceville Nursing & Rehab Center presents its “Dr. Feel Good” best practice.
