FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Randy Lindner
202-712-9040
NAB Announces Launch of Professional Practice Analysis
Task Force Selected to Define and Delineate Skills and Domains of Practice
Across the Continuum of Long Term Care Administration
WASHINGTON, DC--The National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) announces the launch of a professional practice analysis to identify the domains of practice, tasks performed, and knowledge and skills used by individuals responsible for leadership in organizations that provide long term care supports and services. This analysis will identify domains of practice and skills that apply to all areas of long term care–nursing home, resident care, assisted living, hospice, home care, adult day care and independent living–in an effort to yield a comprehensive “job description” for all long term care administrators.
The practice analysis will center around a task force charged with delineating the domains of practice, skills, knowledge and tasks that constitute the core competencies for all long term care administrators. The task force is comprised of 15 members who represent both various regions of the nation and the diversity of experiences in the field. The first meeting of this task force will take place March 15-16, 2013 in Las Vegas; subsequent meetings and teleconferences will be held through the spring of 2014. The task force members are as follows:
Cydney Bare, Administrator
Fairhaven Community/United Church Homes
Westlake, OH
Kendall Brune, CEO & President
Alente Enterprises
Chesterfield, MO
Amy Clary, Assistant Vice President
Carolinas HealthCare System
Charlotte, NC
Melanie Eaton, Executive Director
Village Manor
Bowling Green, KY
Amy Fish, Administrator
Gateway Senior Living
Lincoln, NE
Eric Hadley, COO
Premier Senior Living
Mount Pleasant, SC
Gerald Hamilton, Executive Director
Beehive Homes of Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM
Kelly Mazza, Senior Executive Director/Administrator
Benchmark Senior Living, the Arbors at Shelburne
Shelburne, VT
Carolyn Moore, Administrator/ Consultant
Lee Care, Inc
Lehigh Acres, FL
Jennifer Pfeffer, Executive Director/ LNHA
Pathstone Living Center
Mankato, MN
Rita Southworth, Vice President of Home Care
UHS-Pruitt Corporation
Norcross, GA
Daniel Stackis, Executive Director
Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab – Cheyenne
Cheyenne, WY
Karen H Stanfield, Vice President of Operations
Saber Health Care
Dinwiddie, VA
Michella Sybesma, Executive Manager of Home and Community Based Services - South Dakota
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
Sioux Falls, SD
Tayna Anne Walker, Executive Director
Kensington Senior Living
Kensington, MD
Along with the task force, the practice analysis will consist of a variety of working groups and panels who will review the task force’s recommendations and provide feedback through web-based surveys.
“We are excited to initiate this groundbreaking practice analysis,” stated NAB President and CEO Randy L. Lindner. “Long term care has increasingly gained greater focus in national health care discussions, and more than ever there is a need to educate and train qualified individuals who are attuned to the myriad aspects of long term care. The individuals invited to serve on the task force represent all aspects of long term care administration, and they will ensure that the practice analysis will benefit practitioners across the continuum of long term care.”
About the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards
The National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) is the nationally leading authority on licensing, credentialing, and regulating administrators of organizations along the continuum of long term care. NAB's members are the 50 states and the District of Columbia licensing boards/ agencies that license long term care administrators.
For more information, call Randy Lindner at (202) 712-9040, or visit www.nabweb.org.
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