2017 National Home Care Cooperative Conference
Home care worker cooperative members and developers from across the country gathered November 6-9, 2017 in Dulles, VA at the second Annual National Home Care Cooperative Conference. The conference is organized by the Cooperative Development Foundation and hosted at the headquarters of the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation.
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Highlights of this year’s program included:
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Two specialized pre-conference programs:
-Training for home care cooperative members by the Paraprofessional Health Institute on developing a person-directed
organizational culture that is stronger, healthier, more efficient and adaptable.
-A facilitated session for technical assistance providers to develop a framework for home care replication incorporating the finding of The ICA Group research on home care replication.
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The Home Care Industry and the Role of Cooperatives
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Best Practices for Retention and Recruitment of Caregivers
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Governance and Finance Issues
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Optimizing the Cooperative Advantage with Caregivers and Clients
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Working Smart: Tracking data to know what works
MEETING DOCUMENTS
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National Home Care Cooperatives Conference
Leslie Mead, CDF
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The U.S. Home Care Landscape
Peggy Powell, Senior Advisor, Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
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PRECONFERENCE PROGRAMS
The PHI Coaching Approach®: At the Core of a Supportive Workplace
Culture®: At the Core of a Supportive Workplace Culture
Susan Misiorski, National Director of Coaching & Consulting Services, PHI
MariaElena Del Valle, Organizational Change Consultant, PHI
Meeting Documents: The PHI Coaching Approach to Communication, National Home Care Cooperative Conference Handouts PHI
Developing a Strategic Framework for Home Care Cooperative Development
Facilitator: Lauren Counts, Senior Director of Strategy and Innovation, Capital Impact Partners
Replication Study
David Hammer, Executive Director, The ICA Group
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Opportunites for Home Care Cooperatives
David Hammer, Executive Director, The ICA Group
RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND MARKETING
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Connecting with the Community
Kippi Waters, Administrator, Peninsula Home Care Cooperative
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Lessons Learned from Cooperative Care Recruitment Drive
Tracy Dudzinski, Board Chair, Cooperative Care
Debra Schultz, Board Member, Cooperative Care
Jordan Gabrielson, Board Member, Cooperative Care
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Recruitment Toolkit
Katie Franklin, Vice President, Finn Partners
Materials: Recruitment and Outreach Toolkit
Measure What Matters
Jonathan Ward, Business Consultant, The ICA Group
Governance and Finance
Courtney Berner, Co-op Development Specialist, UW Center for Cooperatives
Margaret Lund, Principle, Co-opera Co
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