CHASEA Newsletter for Alumni and Friends of the UW-Eau Claire Health Care Administration Program

NEWS

Vol. 5 Spring 2003

CompassionVision

IntegrityService

Center for Health andAging Services Excellence

This year’s annual Health CareAdministration Spring Banquet“Lighting the Way: Developing FutureLeadership for Long-term Care” isscheduled for Thursday, April 10. Makesure it’s on your calendar! Our fea-tured keynote speaker is Larry Minnix,President of the American Associationof Homes and Services for the Aged.

The banquet will be held at thePark Inn & Suites in Eau Claire, andinvitations will be mailed in March.The Health Care Administrationstudent organization and the banquetplanning committee are working tomake this special evening a night toremember. We are pleased to ac-knowledge the pre-banquet sponsorsincluding:

� Dove Healthcare� Heyde Companies� Wipfli Ullrich Bertelson LLC� Grace Lutheran Foundation/

American Lutheran Homes� Cornell Care Center/ Oakwood Villa� Clairemont Nursing and Rehabilitation� Lakeside Nursing and Rehabilitation� Grandview Care Center� Pathway Health Services� The Chair for Long-term Care and

Aging at the University of Minnesota

� Orbovich & Gartner

We are looking forward to anevening of well-deserved recognition,

Calendar of EventsWednesday, March 26Joint Aging Lecture Series“Quality Management Systems inLong-term Care”12:15 – 1:15 p.m.Student Union, Ballroom BUW-Stout

Thursday, April 10HCA/CHASE Spring Banquet“Lighting the Way: DevelopingFuture Leadership for Long-termCare”Park Inn & Suites, Eau Claire

Friday, April 11Spring Banquet Breakfast Forum“Exploring Future LeadershipGrowth and Retention Strategies”Park Inn & Suites, Eau Claire

Wednesday, April 23Joint Aging Lecture Series“Vocational Rehabilitation IssuesWith the Elderly Population”12:15 – 1:15 p.m.Haas Fine Arts Center, PhillipsRecital Hall, UW-Eau Claire

Friday, May 163rd Annual Aging Summit“Taking Charge of the Crisis inAging Services: Expanding theAvailability and Affordabilityof Health Care, Transportationand Housing”Ramada Inn, Eau Claire

Wed.-Thurs., July 23-24CHASE Seminar“Practical Fund-raisingApproaches for Health CareOrganizations”Eau Claire

Spring Banquet setfor April 10

Banquet keynote speaker Larry Minnix,President of the American Association ofHomes and Services for the Aged

stimulating remarks, good conversa-tion and fun. Your presence is veryimportant and we look forward to youand your guest(s) joining us foranother great event.

We also are planning a breakfastforum panel on the morning followingthe banquet, April 11, with key repre-sentatives from both trade associationsand the CHASE oversight group. Theywill announce and discuss a newinitiative to address the challenges ofrecruiting and retaining bright, youngindividuals into the health and agingservices administration profession.

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Seminar on fund-raising approaches tobe offered in July

CHASE and UW-Eau Claire havesolidified plans to offer a two-dayseminar on fund-raising approaches forhealth care organizations July 23 and24 in Eau Claire. The featured presentersinclude guest faculty from the world-renowned Center for Philanthropy atIndiana University. This seminar will beoffered as a benefit to the approxi-mately 40 UW-Eau Claire Health CareAdministration practicum sites spreadacross Wisconsin and Minnesota for anominal registration fee. Additionalparticipants will be invited to attend, asspace is available.

The event is sponsored by the UW-Eau Claire Foundation, the UW-EauClaire Center of Excellence for Facultyand Undergraduate Student ResearchCollaboration, the chair for Long-termCare at the University of Minnesota andCHASE. For additional information,contact Dr. Olson, olsondou@uwec.edu,or Dr. Johs-Artisensi, johsarjl@uwec.edu.

CHASE is pleased to announce itslatest partnership with ExtendicareCorporation based in Milwaukee. We arevery appreciative of their $30,000 gift toassist CHASE in moving forward with thefollowing initiatives:

• To expand and improve the Health Care Administration program at UW-Eau Claire.

• To further support undergraduate research activities.

• To contribute to the development of the graduate certificate

program in Health and Aging Services Administration.

Extendicare is one of the largestoperators of long-term care facilities inNorth America. Through its subsidiaries,Extendicare operates 262 facilities in theUnited States and Canada, with capacityfor 26,800 residents, provides medical

specialty services such as subacute careand rehabilitative therapy services in theUnited States, and offers home healthcare services in Canada. Extendicare andthe UW-Eau Claire Health Care Adminis-tration program have enjoyed a long-standing relationship over the years witha variety of practicum sites, along with anumber of other staff and alumniconnections.

CHASENEWS is edited by Dr. DougOlson and Dr. Jennifer Johs-Artisensiand is published semi-annually.

HCA students with Gov. Jim Doyle (r.) duringthe “Day in the Park” in September 2002.The event was held in conjunction with theannual Alzheimers Walk at Carson Park.

New CHASE partnership withExtendicare established

Certificate program in Healthand Aging Services Administrationto be introduced

The collective leadership of CHASE has been instrumental in driving thedevelopment of a new certification program. There are a number of people inhealthcare or related fields who might consider a mid-career move to a nobleprofession in health and aging services, yet cannot or do not want to leave their jobsto become full-time students in the traditional educational setting to obtain thenecessary certification.

The certificate program in Health and Aging Services Administration will focuson a core set of modules and will combine formal, theory-based education throughthe traditional university setting with elements from an administrator-in-trainingmodel where students can apply classroom instruction in a real-world setting. Thisinnovative model relies on partnerships built on mutual respect between UW-EauClaire and field experts, utilizing practitioners, consultants and vendors in the field,noted for their best practices knowledge.

The core set of modules is slated to include education in the areas of “money”(financial management), “people” (human resources) and “care” (quality initiativesand systems). The program also will feature a leadership forum that will includemarketing and innovation. We currently are finalizing some of our identified partner-ships and look forward to obtaining further feedback from the CHASE oversightgroup and UW-Eau Claire later this spring. We are planning to pilot the new certifi-cate program next fall.

The WWRGEC continues to beinvolved in multiple initiatives thisspring. Major events include thecontinuing Joint Aging LectureSeries between UW-Eau Claire andUW-Stout. Upcoming presentationsinclude:

“Quality Management Systems inLong-term Care”Wednesday, March 2612:15 – 1:15 p.m.Student Union, Ballroom BUW-Stout

“Vocational Rehabilitation Issues withthe Elderly Population”Wednesday, April 2312:15 – 1:15 p.m.Haas Fine Arts Center,Phillips Recital HallUW-Eau Claire

The WWRGEC also is pleased toannounce plans for the 3rd AnnualAging Summit, “Taking Charge of theCrisis in Aging Services: Expanding the

Introducingthe AlumniLeadershipCabinet

The newly formed AlumniLeadership Cabinet has beenhelping to get the word outabout the new Center for Healthand Aging Services Excellenceinitiative. The group listedbelow has endorsed a fund-raising effort to assist in achiev-ing the goals of CHASE and haspersonally pledged their ownfinancial support to advancethe activities and initiatives ofCHASE.

Doug Beardsley ‘82Duane Floyd ‘80Scott Gordon ‘83Don Husi ‘85Rebecca Husi ‘87Margie Ignarsky ‘88Brian Kallio ‘92Duane Larson ‘92Kevin Larson ‘88Cindy Morris ‘86Jackie Pavelski ‘81Mike Schanke ‘85Stacy Suchla ‘98Craig Ubbelohde ‘82

You can learn more aboutthis important effort andwonderful opportunity bycontacting Marcia Van Beek(vanbeemr@uwec.edu), UW-EauClaire Foundation, or Dr. DougOlson (olsondou@uwec.edu),Health Care Administrationprogram.

Availability and Affordability of HealthCare, Transportation and Housing,” May16 in Eau Claire. This year’s summit willfocus on bringing together providers,consumers and legislators to educatethose in policy-making positions aboutthe crises health and aging servicesproviders and consumers are facing, aswell as to identify governmentalbarriers and potential solutions toimprove access and affordability ofservices in the future. For additionalinformation about the Aging Summit,contact Dr. Johs-Artisensi at (715) 836-3589 or johsarjl@uwec.edu.

The center’s planning groupcontinues to explore the possibility ofstrengthening its relationship withCHASE. More integration between thesetwo groups would allow for betterleveraging of resources, such as sharingresources to hire a coordinator tosupport the organizations’ variousacademic and community outreachactivities and to serve as a clearing-house and linkage for applied researchactivities.

Western Wisconsin RegionalGeriatric Education Center update

Robert Armitage, LeadershipConsultant and the former Presi-dent, Board of Social Ministry,Stillwater, Minn.

Randy Krentz, Vice President,Kindred Health Care, Milwaukee

Dick Rau, President, ClementManor Health Center, Greenfield

David Green, President, Ever-green Retirement Communities,Oshkosh

Karen Robinson, Administrator,Chippewa Manor RetirementCommunity, Chippewa Falls

Rachel Smith, Quality Consult-ant, Family Care, Center DeliverySystems Development, Madison

Martin Metten, Vice-President,Heyde Companies, Chippewa Falls

Mary Jane Thompson, MJTConsulting, Plymouth, Minn.

Robert Kane, MD, Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging, University ofMinnesota

Robert Von Haden, RetiredPartner, Wipfli Ullrich Bertelson LLP,Eau Claire

Mike Kittleson, CEO, Grand ViewCare Center, Blair

Craig Ubbelohde, President,Lutheran Homes of Oshkosh, Oshkosh

Brad Groseth, Administrator,Barron Medical Center, Barron

Natalie Zeleznikar, Administrator,Keystone Bluffs, Duluth, Minn.

Mike Metcalfe, Western RegionDirector, Marshfield Clinic Systems,Eau Claire

David Mills, Group Vice President,Beverly Health and RehabilitationServices, Inc., Milwaukee

Dick Edwards, Administrator,Charter House/Mayo Clinic, Rochester,Minn.

Duncan McDougal, President,Pathway Health Services, St. Paul,Minn.

This group provides broadoversight and support for CHASEand the Health Care Administrationprogram. The primary responsibili-ties of oversight members are to:

•Provide advice and feedbackregarding the effectiveness of thestrategic plan in achieving out-comes of CHASE and the HealthCare Administration program.

•Serve as ambassadors for thecenter and program.

•Actively participate in develop-ment and fund-raising efforts forthe center.

We appreciate their ongoingcommitment and service!

We would like to recognize the Board of Advisers for the Center for Health and Aging Services Excellence.CHASE Board Members

Thanks to faculty/student collaborative research grantsfrom the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Dr.Doug Olson and Dr. Jennifer Johs-Artisensi, Health CareAdministration, are collaborating with talented UW-EauClaire students on research projects.

Wallace Apland, a senior Health Care Administrationmajor, is working with Dr. Johs-Artisensi on a projectdesigned to identify “Best Practices” associated with therelocation of residents when nursing homes are closed.

Freshman Laura Weiss, also a Health Care Administra-tion major, and Greg Meyer, a Nursing student, are assistingDr. Doug Olson and Dr. Mary Zwygart-Stauffacher, NursingSystems, with data collection and analysis for a projectintended to better define the role of the directors ofnursing in long-term care. Larson Allen Companies also issupporting this research, which surveyed nursing directorsacross both Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Doug Olson received a Teaching Scholar award this yearfrom UW-Eau Claire to help enhance the distance learningapproaches and capacity for practicum students, preceptorsand faculty communication and interaction using a variety ofresources and tools.

Jennifer Johs-Artisensi was selected as a GeriatricEducational Fellow, sponsored by the Minnesota Area GeriatricEducation Center, and is participating in the program thisspring.

Undergraduate research and facultydevelopment news

Doug Olson (l.), assistant professor, working on the director ofnursing research project with Laura Weiss, an HCA student, andGreg Meyer, a nursing student.