2022 PROMISING PRACTICES AWARD APPLICATION
Application due May 27th, 2022
Innovators wanted!
If your organization has broken new ground, blazed a trail, or discovered new territory in the world of serving older adults, we want to hear all about it! The Promising Practices Award exists in order to spread the word on revolutionary, game-changing ideas so that other organizations can consider them, adopt them, or adapt them.
Please keep this in mind as you complete this application. It may end up being used as a blueprint for implementing your Promising Practice around the country or around the world!
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If you have any questions about this application, please contact Ajla Basic at abasic@mather.com
Please enter your contact details below.
Name
Organization
Position
City
State
Zip Code
Phone
Email
What is the name of your promising practice?
PROMISING PRACTICES – AREA OF INNOVATION
Please indicate one
Area of Innovation
that led to your organization’s Promising Practice.
Culture Change
Safety/Risk Management
Wellness
Technology
Workforce Development
Resident/Customer Experience
Community-Based Services
Other (please specify):
Please specify
PROMISING PRACTICES – APPLICATION NARRATIVE
In a sentence or two, please tell us: What is your Promising Practice? What is its purpose? (75 word limit)
Describe the practice, including:
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What activities were included?
• What resources did you need (e.g., financial, organizational, human)?
• What makes it innovative?
(300 word limit)
How do you know your promising practice was successful? What were the outcomes, evidence, or data that you used to measure that success? (150 words)
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Do you have evidence that is formal (systematic process for getting feedback or collecting data, e.g., QAPI process, formal surveys, evaluation forms, structured interviews)? If possible, please submit your survey, evaluation form, or interview guide.
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Do you have evidence that is informal (not systematically collected, e.g., anecdotal conversations, unso
licited phone calls of appreciation or feedback, 1:1 conversations, or letters)?
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What other kind of data or documentation do you have (e.g., photos, testimonials, media coverage/PR)? If possible, please submit copies (make sure information is HIPAA compliant).
Has this program been replicated in other organizations? What advice or lessons learned could you share with others about developing, implementing, and/or sustaining your promising practice? (200 words)
Do you have anything else that you would like to share about your promising practice? (100 words)
ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
Please give us a short description of your organization (100 words)
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Mission
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Goals
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Type of Ownership (e.g., not-for-profit, for profit, government owned)
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Population Served (e.g., demographics, characteristics, number served by this initiative, number served by your organization)
Thank you again for your interest in the Promising Practices Award. We look forward to reviewing your application.
If you have additional materials that you wish to share, these can be emailed to abasic@mather.com
By submitting this application, you agree to have the description of your Promising Practice shared publicly if you are selected as a winner (e.g., website announcement, press release, and/or brief report on the winning Promising Practice and organization). Please indicate areas of your application that you would not like to be shared publicly.
Areas of application I do not wish to be shared:
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