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Residents' Rights Month 2015: CARE Matters
October 01, 2015 - October 31, 2015
Residents' Rights Month is an annual event designated by the Consumer Voice and is celebrated in October to honor residents living in all long-term care facilities, including nursing homes, sub acute units, assisted living, board and care and retirement communities. It is a time for celebration and recognition offering an opportunity for every facility to focus on and celebrate awareness of dignity, respect and the value of each individual resident. The theme for Residents' Rights Month 2015 is, "CARE Matters" with the goal of highlighting quality care.
Each year, the Consumer Voice develops a packet to help you plan your Residents’ Rights events. The packet is completely downloadable and features ready-to-use items, including promotional materials, activities to celebrate Residents' Rights Month, training tools and resources. Check back as Residents' Rights Month packet materials become available.
Introduction & Overview
- What Are Residents' Rights?
- A History of Celebrating Residents' Rights
- Resident's Voice Challenge 2015 Information Sheet
2006 CARE Matters Packet
In 2006, the theme of Residents' Rights Week was CARE Matters. The 2006 packet was split into four sections named for the letters in CARE - Choice, Accountability, Rights and Empowerment. Many materials and resources from this packet are still relevant and useful today.
- Introduction and Overview
- Choice
- Accountability
- Rights
- Empowerment
- Activity Ideas
- Promotional Materials - see current 2015 promotional materials below
- Resources
Promotional Materials
- Reasons Why Ombudsmen Should Participate
- Reasons Facilities Should Participate in Residents Rights’ Month
- Sample Ombudsman Newsletter Article
- Sample Letter to the Editor
- Sample Press Release
- Proclamation - Governor
- Proclamation - Mayor
- National Residents' Right Month 2015 Logo (jpeg)
- Twitter - Tweet @ConsumerVoices using #CAREMatters to tell us how you're celebrating Residents' Rights Month. Plus, use this sample tweet to promote the event to your network:
@ConsumerVoices is celebrating Residents' Rights Month #CAREMatters to honor the dignity of long-term care residentshttp://bit.ly/1GS629p
The entry period for the Resident's Voice Challenge 2015 has closed. View this year's Resident's Voice submissions here.
Consumer Voice is pleased to announce the 2015 Resident’s Voice Challenge! Creative writing and artistic expression are meaningful and compelling ways to communicate the importance of residents’ rights and how these rights can be carried out in all long-term care settings.
For this year’s Resident’s Voice Challenge, residents are encouraged to pick up their pens, dust off their type writers or use a computer to display their writing or artistic skills by submitting essays, poems, artwork, drawings, or videos related to the theme for Residents' Rights Month 2015 "CARE Matters".
Entries submitted for the Resident’s Voice Challenge will be compiled and shared in a variety of formats. We are asking residents and consumers to submit 40 words of wisdom to coincide with the celebration of Consumer Voice’s 40th anniversary. Some entries may appear in our “40 Words of Wisdom” book (on sale this summer). Other submissions may appear on the Consumer Voice website, be featured at the 2015 Annual Conference, be highlighted in our weekly e-newsletter - The Gazette, or be used in additional forums. Every resident who submits an entry will receive a certificate for participating in the 2015 Resident’s Voice.
For more information and submission guidelines, click here.
- For ideas on how to incorporate the CARE Matters theme, look at examples from Resident's Voice in 2006 and examples from Resident's Voice in 2005.
- Spread the word about the Resident's Voice Challenge with this printable flyer.
- Photo and Video Release Form
- Biopoem - This format can be used to collect information from residents to develop a poem about their lives.
- Resident Hero - This form can be used to collect information about residents to present in a faciltily open house or other activities. This information can be included with Resident's Voice entries posted within facilities or the community.
Residents' Rights Month is a time to offer residents an opportunity to participate in engaging activities. Use the activities below to involve residents and staff members in sharing with the community.
Activities for Residents with staff and ombudsmen:
- CARE Matters activities
- Resident Idol
- Residents’ Rights Rally
- A Day in the Life: What Quality Means to Me – Photo Challenge
- Area-wide Resident or Family Council Meeting
- Town Hall Meeting
- “I want to tell you about my mother."
- Learning Circle Exercise from the California Culture Change Coalition
- Residents' Rights Bingo Game (provided by The Legal Center)
- Resident Hero
- Biopoem
- Communicating Residents’ Rights through Music
- Communicating Residents’ Rights through Storytelling
- Recipe for a Good Life
- Taste of Home: Involving residents in meals and menu planning
- Activities to Call Attention to Residents’ Dining Experience
- Food: The Great Communicator
- Culture Change Training
- Together We Can…Achieve Resident-Directed Care
- Recipe for Residents’ Rights: Free Choice
Activities for Staff and Ombudsmen:
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