3 facilities win the ‘1 000 Smiles’
Award
Regulatory News:
The ORPEA Group (Paris:ORP), one of the world’s largest players
in long-term care (nursing homes, post-acute and rehabilitation
hospitals, psychiatric hospitals and home care services), is
pleased to announce the winners of the sixth ORPEA Excellence
Awards and the “1 000 Smiles” award, which pay tribute to novel
initiatives implemented in its European facilities in 2020.
On Tuesday, 26 January 2021, the ORPEA Group's International
Scientific & Ethics Council (ISEC) presented the 2020 ORPEA
Excellence Awards, which every year pay tribute to the teams that
have submitted the best projects in the categories
“Research”, “Clinical Ethics” and “Innovation in
Care”.
For 2020, teams in 8 countries1 submitted a total of 27
ground-breaking projects for consideration. This impressive
participation testifies to the culture of innovation and research
that drives the Group’s teams to enhance residents’ and patients’
dignity and well-being as the world confronts a health crisis like
no other.
Speaking about these awards, Yves Le Masne, Chief Executive
Officer of ORPEA, said: “Despite experiencing an unprecedented
global pandemic that touched every aspect of our lives in 2020, all
our employees stepped up and showed extraordinary commitment and
dedication. This sixth edition of the ORPEA Excellence Awards once
again demonstrates how our facilities and their staff are
continually able to innovate and develop forward-looking services
to benefit residents and patients. I want to give a big thank you
to the teams for the fantastic projects they implemented as part of
the ‘1000 Smiles’ initiative, which boosts residents’, patients’,
families’ and employees’ well-being and happiness.”
The awards went to the following projects:
– “Research” category: Flavien Quijoux for
POSTADYCHUTE This predictive tool assesses the risk of falling for
an elderly person placed in an institution. This doctoral
dissertation in neuroscience, backed by ORPEA France’s medical
department, in collaboration with the Centre Borelli (UMR9010,
CNRS, INSERM, French Defence Health Service), analyses static
equilibrium to identify predictive markers of the elderly person’s
risk of falling. It will be continued with the creation of groups
engaging in physical activities tailored to the abilities of the
selected residents, for whom the benefits will be confirmed by
analysing posture and gait.
- “Clinical Ethics” category: Haus-Edelberg Kernen
(Germany) Nursing Home for its intercultural workshop on death and
end of life “Giving days more live-culture” Starting from a
detailed analysis of the resident’s needs and expectations, this
workshop develops a resident-centred approach that is preventive
and multi-disciplinary, and empowers the resident.
- “Innovation in Care” category: Château d’Herblay
Hospital (CLINEA SSR France) for its PREVaction programme, a
comprehensive strategy of health education and prevention. The
PREVaction programme, which is delivered in this outpatient
hospital to people aged 75 and up, is meant to be utilised before
patients lose autonomy so they can gain the tools to take charge of
their health and preserve their remaining abilities.
- Because so many excellent projects were submitted, the jury
also gave two honourable mentions in the “Innovation in Care”
category:
- Home chemotherapy treatment, supported by the teams of
Allerzorg Home Care in Woerden, the Netherlands. This programme
aims to improve quality of life for the very elderly or people with
reduced mobility by offering them home chemotherapy care so they do
not need to travel to a hospital.
- “EM Table©”, passive horizontal stimulation for quality
of life for people with reduced mobility, a project backed by the
Spanish teams of the ORPEA Mirasierra rehabilitation facility in
Madrid. This device recreates the effects produced by physical
activity by inducing passive movements on a horizontal plane. The
nitrogen oxide that is produced improves bio-mechanical properties,
muscle tone and tissue oxygenation (PaO2, ¯PaCO2) in patients aged
26 to 65.
This year, ISEC is adding a new element: international workshops
designed to speed up the implementation of these innovations across
the Group while encouraging the sharing of experience and best
practices. These workshops will bring together each team of winners
and the ISEC members, who will model approaches and protocols for a
successful implementation.
ISEC was created in 2015 to give the Group an opportunity to
further study the ethical aspects of care practises, and it studies
the medical ethics issues faced by the Group’s care and senior
management teams.
“1000 Smiles”
award
The “1000 Smiles” awards were also announced during this
ceremony. These awards, which were specially created by the ORPEA
Group in 2020, recognise creative initiatives implemented in its
European facilities to amuse, energise and lift the spirits of
residents, patients and employees throughout this trying year.
Teams from 10 countries2 submitted a total of 69
applications. A jury of seven employees from different Group
business lines chose the winners based on their originality, impact
criteria, ease of being reproduced and additional effort required
for implementation.
After evaluating the excellent and varied initiatives that were
submitted, the jury announced three awards:
Loreto Nursing Home, Spain (Madrid), for its “tableau
vivant” project: nursing home residents chose paintings they wanted
to re-enact – the project involved selecting the artworks, creating
props, and choosing scenery, poses and shots. This was a
comprehensive project that lasted several weeks. All the residents
and employees got excited about it, and the final result was
superb.
Koala Nursing Home, Belgium (Deurne), for
construction forklifts placed in front of the nursing home so
families could see their loved ones who were confined to their
rooms during the first lockdown. The project led to poignant
reunions between residents and their families.
Senecura Villach, Austria, for its intergenerational
“1000 drawings, 1000 smiles” project. During the first wave of the
lockdown, the children and families living near the nursing home
were asked to post letters and drawings on social media for elderly
people, who then responded with video messages. The project created
valuable intergenerational connections.
About ISEC:
ISEC, the ORPEA Group’s International Scientific & Ethics
Council, is chaired by Prof Joël Belmin, a professor at Sorbonne
University and head of the geriatrics ward for cardiovascular and
neuro-cognitive issues at the Pitié Salpêtrière Charles Foix
Hospital Group. He is assisted by Dr Linda Benattar, the Group’s
International Medical Director and elected Vice Chairwoman of ISEC;
a coordinating physician, international medical expert Dr
Jean-Louis Bussière; and a secretary, Philippe Zawieja PhD, a
visiting researcher at the Universities of Sherbrooke, Strasbourg
and Paris.
ISEC has 28 members who are professors of medicine,
practitioners, and Group medical directors and operations
managers.
The team led by Prof Joël Belmin is focussed on developing ISEC
based on a solid foundation of scholarship and international
teaching that supports the Group’s ethical approach to research and
innovation. This academic, international and independent council
ensures that the Group’s work meets the highest ethical and
scientific standards.
About ORPEA
(www.orpea-corp.com)
Founded in 1989, ORPEA is one of the major world leaders in
long-term care for people in poor health, with a network of 1,028
facilities comprising 105,443 beds (21,137 of which are under
construction) across 22 countries, which are divided into five
geographical regions:
- France Benelux: 523 facilities/46,277 beds
(of which 4,957 are under construction) - Central Europe: 249
facilities/26,491 beds (of which 4,885 are under construction) -
Eastern Europe: 136 facilities/14,621 beds (of which 3,647 are
under construction) - Iberian Peninsula/Latin America: 119
facilities/17,914 beds (of which 7,648 are under construction) -
Rest of the world: 1 facility / 140 beds
1 Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland,
Portugal, Spain 2 Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain,
the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland
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