Dementia Care in Indiana Nursing Homes: Reducing Preventable Harm Associated with Elopement and Missing Residents
March 26, 2025 | 1:30 p.m. ET
Overview
ECRI is committed to providing and helping to implement actionable best-practices that improve care consistently across state-wide health systems. The aim of this project is to aid Indiana nursing home provider organizations in the care of people with dementia to keep residents safe and improve quality of life. ECRI’s hazardous wandering and elopement (HW&E) program will provide assistance to enhance participating nursing homes’ current programs to reduce the number of elopement incidents and preventable harm associated with missing resident events. When successful, improvements and practices associated with hazardous wandering and elopement improve safety for all stakeholders including residents, staff, provider organizations, and other vested parties.
Learning Objectives
- Provide a timeline and description of the HW&E program for participating Indiana nursing homes
- Learn about the bundled approach ECRI will take to provide Indiana nursing home communities with resources and subject matter expert consultation
- Discuss next steps needed from each participating nursing home community
Speakers
Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA, FCCP, CPASRM
Executive Director, Aging and Ambulatory Care
Victor Rose has worked in the healthcare and non-profit sector for 30 years, serving in various executive and leadership roles. Currently, he serves as ECRI’s Executive Director of Aging and Ambulatory Care, coordinating business development and consulting in safety, risk management, and quality improvement to providers nationwide and across the aging care continuum. Before joining ECRI, he served as COO for 17 years with a not-for-profit continuing care retirement community leading direct care, support service delivery, and administration. He has taught management at DeSales University, served on LeadingAge PA’s Public Policy Committee, and authored numerous healthcare management and aging services articles and white papers. Topics include state survey preparedness, budgeting, healthcare risk management, building design, staffing and scheduling, legal discovery and QAPI, scope of service, and postincident investigations, postincident notifications and emergency preparedness/response, and most recently diagnostic excellence in dementia care.
Jean Harpel, MSN, RN, GCNS
Operations Manager Aging Services
Jean Harpel, MSN, RN, GCNS is presently the Operations Manager of the Aging Services team at ECRI where she provides environment-of-care safety, security, quality and risk management consultation to senior living provider organizations across the US. She educates leadership and staff on how to implement Risk Management systems within their communities. She works with provider organizations to help reduce future risk and harm to their residents as well as helping achieve focus on developing a culture of safety and accountability. She has developed institutional based learning programs utilizing electronic media, traditional lecture, and just-in-time activities that have focused on safe and efficient care delivery. She has written, implemented and reviewed policies and procedures for continuing care retirement communities and home care providers. She has presented at workshops and conferences on a wide array of risk management topics for aging services providers and healthcare professionals for the past twenty years.