At a Pioneer Network Conference some years ago, Karen Schoeneman who directed the nursing home regulatory section at CMS talked about her initial experience with the Pioneer Network. Actually Karen was present as a co-founder of this wonderful organization, the Pioneer Network. Karen expressed her strong identification with these other co-founders, persons who believed that residents in long term care settings should be in the drivers seat this way: "I felt that finally I had found my tribe."
Those are strong and profound words from a person who might have become just another bureaucrat in Washington DC writing nursing home regulations, but who instead maintained her integrity as a passionate advocate for changing the culture of aging and aging services.
That spirit within this pioneer network continues and it was deeply sensed and acknowledged by certified nursing assistants who attended this year's annual conference held in New Orleans. One of those CNAs wrote of his experience at this gathering in New Orleans in the blog at CNA EDGE. You can access that blog here entitled "Among Kindred Spirits" here . I encourage you to read it.
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