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Century Care Center Unveils New ‘Person Centered’ Care Model
March 4, 2010
Whether it be at the Teaspoon Cafe or down on Dogwood Lane, there’s a new way of taking care of residents at Century Care Center called the “Person Centered Care Model”.
“Our goal is to keep our residents safe, happy, healthy and as active as possible. The Person Centered Care Model gives them more choices, self-respect, independence and keeps them physically and mentally active as possible,” said Don Ripley, Century Care Center administrator.
Under the Person Centered Care Model, residents are allowed to reasonably keep their lifelong daily rituals. Now, residents get choices like their waking or bedtime, what time they want to eat and their dining preferences.
“They will be asked when they want to take a bath or shower, when they want to get their room cleaned and how they want to decorate their room. People are asked what they want to do each day, activities of their choice that are of interest to them, like going shopping, going for a ride through their old neighborhoods, going to the church of their choice, picnic in the courtyard or by the Ole Mill Pond, doing a little fishing in their own stocked fish pond, card games, painting, music…or any other thing that would help pass the time away.”
New “communities” and “neighborhoods” have been established within the facility. Hallways and rooms like therapy, dining and showers have been given familiar names from the Century area. Jerry Fischer and Don Sales of the Alger-Sullivan Historic Society assisted Century Care Center in selecting some historic names, such as Spanish Moss Road, Mystic Springs; Dogwood Lane, Country Lane, Teaspoon Cafe, The Spot and Paradise Place.
The Century Care Center staff has been trained by Eric Haider, CEO and president on Person Centered Care, Inc. and founder of the Person Centered Care Model.
“People who live in long term care communities are not second class citizens. They have worked hard for us. They have fought in the wars and risked their lives to protect our freedoms … let’s not take their freedoms away,” Haider said. “Person Centered Care gives personal attention to the people who live in long term care and empowers staff to be a resident advocate.”
Ripley said the changes “should make Century Care Center the best place to work and will, especially provide our treasured Residents with the happiest and best care, both physically and emotionally, for the rest of their lives”.
Century Care Center was recently named as the Business of the Year by the Century Area Chamber of Commerce The 88-bed facility is ranked by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as the number one of 69 nursing homes within 100 miles of Century
Pictured top: Century Care Center. Pictured top inset: The Person Center Care Model is introduced. Pictured bottom inset: A Century Care Center resident enjoying time by the Old Mill Pond. Pictured below: Residents in the “Teaspoon Cafe” at Century Care Center. Submitted and NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
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11 Responses to “Century Care Center Unveils New ‘Person Centered’ Care Model”
Thank-you for all of your positive comments. I am so proud of our staff members at Century Care Center. Thank-you staff! They truely love and respect our residents. Change is hard for all of us; both the residents and the staff. While moving away from the “instituitonal model” and converting to a Person Centered Care model, we will encounter many obstacles. I have the faith that our staff will succeed in providing individualized care for our residents. It is so exciting to be a part of this new process!
I encourage each of you to come and visit our residents. Many have no family involvement and would welcome a prolonged conversation with a visitor. Thank-you to the Carden family for their frequent visits and interaction with so many residents. Cindy Tennyson, you are a jewel! I will try to give recognition to a family every week!
This is a wonderful and creative concept for much deserving residents. We are very fortunate to have this facility in our community. Thanks to Don, Doris, and the entire staff of Century Care Center for doing a great job and for always looking for new ideas to brighten the days and nights of the residents and employees. Thumbs up to CCC..
Praise God! Someone finally got it right! Our seniors have deserved this for so long.
Century Care center has always been a nice place to go when you could not take care of yourself anymoreb and this just makes it even better. I am so glad for all the residents. Thanks to all the staff for all you do to make it better for them also.
I have always been impressed with CCC from the articles I read here on the site. I think this is a phenomenal step, and if anyone can pull it off these folks can!
Our gospel group has visited Century Care Center a number of times and they always have a warm welcome for us. It is a clean, nurturing and caring home for residents. I can see why most of the workers enjoy their jobs so much.
What an awesome home!!! Gettin’ old is hard enough without being treated like left-overs. Keep up the good work,Century!
Great Job Don !!
Keep up the good work !!!!
Very well said, EMD
This is great, I too hope this works out for them…
Pinch me. I’m dreaming. If any nursing home I’ve ever seen would do something like this, it is Century Care Center. Congratulations to them. They deserve an award. I cannot fathom how this could possibly work, but I pray it does, and I thank them for having the courage to try it. If anyone can do it, they can. Thank God for someone recognizing that the elderly are not yesterday’s garbage. Almost makes me want to go back into nursing. God bless you folks. I sure hope this works. If it does, I know it will bless the residents there and give them some dignity that they may have thought was lost forever. I am overwhelmed. I cannot wait to send this to my best friend’s daughter, who has always said to us, when we misbehave, “Remember, I get to pick the home.” LOL