Dawn On The Horizon 402 Audrey Ave Brooklyn Park,MD 21225 Phone: (410) 262-7483
Education and Consulting Business
N.C. “BRIDGE THE GAP” COURSE Sponsored by The Coalition of Activity Professionals (COAP-NC) with support from the National Certification Council for Activity Professionals (NCCAP) and Dawn on The Horizon.
If you are an Activity Professional that completed a state approved activity course of 60-72 hours in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 , 2008 or 2009 this course is for you! For more information click on the Seminars/Events page
Why Become NCCAP Certified?
1. Federal Law, OBRA, states that an activity department must be directed by a “qualified professional.” One of the ways to become qualified is to become a Certified Activity Professional.
2. NCCAP certification is recognized by CMS (formerly Health Care Financing Administration) as an organization that certifies activity professionals who work specifically with the elderly.
3. NCCAP certification assures administrators and surveyors that you have met certain professional standards to become certified.
4. Many administrators will only hire activity professionals who are certified.
5. Some administrators offer a higher salary to a certified professional.
6. Become NCCAP certified so others will know that you are nationally qualified and offering quality activity service to your residents/clients.
Meeting the highest level of national and international quality standards. We are committed to helping health care centers provide the best care possible for their residents. Assistance includes the provision of materials focusing on guidelines for proper care, methods for improving care, staff education information, model policies and protocols, and tools for assessing care.
By partnering with health care centers,Dawn on the horizon encourage providers to use quality improvement tools and publicly reported information to identify areas in their facilities requiring improvement.Dawn on the horizon work with health care centers to develop plans to positively impact the quality of care provided to their residents.
View your health care centers quality measure trend reports. Compare your health care centers performance to state and national peers. Select confidential performance-based targets. Track your achievement of targets over time.
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) is an ongoing process and requires the involvement of all staff. CQI is everyone's responsibility, every department, and every level of staff. CQI requires us to look at what we do, how we do it, and how can we do it better, to improve the Quality of Care we deliver to our Health Care Centers.
Alzheimer's & Dementia
Studies show that approximately 4.5 million Americans are currently affected by Alzheimer's disease and those numbers are increasing. With the baby boomer explosion it is expected that by the year 2011 there will be more people over the age of 85 than under the age of 25.
Brain Tissue Loss in Alzheimer's Disease (2 year timespan)
Dementia is the loss of mental functioning that causes deficits in memory, language, judgment and orientation. There are specific diseases that cause dementia; among them is Alzheimer's disease, which accounts for two-thirds of all dementia cases.Increased age is the greatest risk factor for an individual to develop Alzheimer's disease. 15% of cases occur in individuals over the age of 65. While 47% of cases occur in individuals over the age of 85.With these alarming statistics, health care workers need to prepare now for the increasing needs. Dawn On The Horizon , can provide you and your company with tools needed to produce positive outcomes while increasing the quality of life for the person suffering from dementia.
We are proud to be certified instructors with the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners www.nccdp.com
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