A STRONG START = IMPRESSIVE RESULTS
Congratulations to Guardian Angel Homes in Hermiston, Oregon, our first LiveWell Leader. In just five months, they have reduced falls by more than 100% and staff turnover by 450%!
Before LiveWell, Guardian Angel Homes was spending $23,700 per month on administrative costs associated with falls and staff turnovers. These costs include reporting, monitoring, and documenting falls as well as recruiting, hiring, and onboarding new staff.
After they started using the LiveWell Method, these costs fell to $6,800 per month. At this rate, they will save $203,000 in the coming year on falls and staff turnover alone. Impressive!
How did Guardian Angel Homes accomplish such dramatic results? They invested in their staff by giving them the time to learn and implement the LiveWell Method. They sustain improvement by using what they learned every day. And they are being transparent by sharing their results. Guardian Angel Homes now plans to roll out LiveWell in all of their communities in multiple states.
Would you like to learn how to track the administrative cost of measures such as falls, staff turnover, medication errors, overuse of antipsychotic medications too? Become a LiveWell Leader. Contact Barbara for more information.
Guardian Angel Homes in Hermiston, Oregon sees major improvement and cost savings with LiveWell
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““LiveWell makes it simple — I’m overwhelmed and amazed by how they take things that are so complicated and make them simple. People can just walk by the board and see how we are doing. You look at them [the tools] and think, that’s so simple I could have made that. But LiveWell did all that thinking for you.””
End of Life Planning
April 16 is National Healthcare Decisions Day. Do you know who you would want to be your voice in a medical crisis? Check out these free resources from The Conversation Project. The guides, in multiple languages, will help you have ‘the conversation’ with the important people in your life about your wishes, or their wishes, for care through the end of life. Thank you to Erin Collins of the Peaceful Presence Project in Central Oregon for sharing her organization’s great resources during our last LiveWell Meet Up.
Wishing You and Your Communities a Healthy and Safe Spring 2021,
— Barbara, Lisa, Ann, Cindy, Steve, Marcus, Paula, Serena, and Judy