Friends Life Care joins COLLAGE
Friends Life Care, a Quaker nonprofit senior health care organization headquartered in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., has joined COLLAGE, a national consortium of aging-services organizations using a holistic, evidence-based assessment system to improve healthy aging outcomes and quality of life.
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The New York Times spotlights COLLAGE's data-based approach to healthy aging
Kendal at Hanover's use of COLLAGE's computerized tools to help its residents fend off frailty and the effects of age-related diseases is featured in a May 9 article in The New York Times. READ MORE.

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Pressure ulcer prevention focus of new PA demonstration project
A demonstration project aimed at reducing the relatively high incidence of pressure ulcers among Pennsylvania nursing home residents and hospital patients has been funded by a new $658,000 state grant awarded to the Pennsylvania Restraint Reduction Initiative (PARRI), a program of Kendal Outreach, LLC. The project is being undertaken at the request of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). READ MORE.

Area nurses complete first phase of Leading Nurses education initiative

About 40 directors of nursing and registered nurse leaders from nursing homes throughout the Delaware Valley have completed the first phase of Leading Nurses, a nursing education, practice and retention initiative. Kendal Outreach and Widener University are collaborating on the Leading Nurses initiative, which is funded by an $800,000 three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. READ MORE.

A Practical Guide to Pressure Ulcer Prevention published by Kendal Outreach

Pressure ulcers afflict 5-12 percent of nursing home residents nationwide. Now a new guide book and companion CD tackle that problem head on. A Practical Guide to Pressure Ulcer Prevention gives long-term care nurses and nursing assistants hands-on techniques and tools for preventing pressure ulcers. READ MORE. PURCHASE HERE.

“Easing the Adjustment to a Nursing Home: Strategies for Families”

Helping an older loved one decide when it’s time to move into assisted living or a nursing home can be an emotionally wrenching transition for all concerned. Now a new video helps guide families who have, or will have, loved ones in a nursing home or assisted living setting. This 12-minute DVD, which includes a resources section, was produced by Kendal Outreach, LLC. ORDER NEW DVD ONLINE.