Licensed Nursing Home Administrator Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.3117

Education

BA Equivalent

The Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrator’s (BENHA) program.  The total of my course units are equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree (120+ units).  I successfully completed program, college unit requirements.  Licensed as a Nursing Home Administrator in 1981.

Colleges

1976-1977- College of the Redwoods Field’s Landing, Eureka CA
1978-1980 Chabot College – Hayward, CA
1981 Peralta College – Oakland, CA 

Additional College Training

1988 Andon College – Stockton, CA  Certified Medical Assistant program (30 units )
2009 FEMA Emergency Management Institute– Emergency Management Training  (19 classes over 12 units)

Licenses and Certificates

1978 Certified Activity Director
1981 Licensed Nursing Home Administrator “LNHA”
1988 Certified Medical Assistant
1992-1994 Registered Lobbyist

Experience

Chief Executive Officer
2000 – Present – A Private Company, Inc.  Angels Camp, CA
Company is an international residential care organization, which has over 13,000 members. Company’s newsletters are sent out to over 6000 subscribers.  Currently Company publishes over 3000 documents, Expert 3117 has written most of them.  These documents are published in the form of complete downloadable manuals, hard copy books and single downloadable efiles.   As of July 31, 2009, these documents have been downloaded 221,307 times.

Every file Company publishes has to do with helping caregivers get the tools, policies, procedures, forms, check-off lists, training programs and information they need so that they can provide better care.  Everything Expert 3117 writes and teaches comes from the roots of care giving ethics, quality assurance and risk management principles. 

Quality Assurance and Risk Management Instructor
Expert 3117 currently teach classes on Quality Assurance and Risk Management Practices to all types of health care providers and care givers.  Expert 3117 is approved to teach Quality Assurance and Risk Management to Doctors, Administrators, Nurses, Therapists, Residential Care Administrators, Group Homes and Adult Resident Care Facilities.

California Vendor Approvals:

Board of Registered Nursing – Expires 2/28/2010

Board of Medical Examiners -Nursing Home Administrator Program – Expires 10/31/2010

Community Care Licensing:

RCFE (Residential Care Facility for the Elderly) - Expires 4/22/2011

ARF (Adult Residential Facility) - Expires 4/22/2011

GH (Group Homes)– Expires 4/22/2011

Course Approvals:

A Higher Calling - Caring About Care

Quality Assurance and Risk Management:
RCFE
ARF
GH

Chief Executive Officer
October 1986 – Present   A Private Retirement Center, CA
As Administrator and CEO, Expert 3117 designed and built a 30-bed residential care facility for the elderly, and expended to 49-bed facility within a year.  Center was a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly “RCFE”, with an approved Dementia Waiver.  We were also vendorized to care for Developmentally Disabled and the Mentally Ill.  For 10 years we handled all of the County’s adult abuse emergency placements.  Expert 3117 worked every job in the facility.  The care facility was closed by Cal-Trans for a bi-pass in December of 2004. 

Consultant/Expert Witness
1992 to 2009  Self Employed
Expert Witness Work - Self-employed as an expert witness specializing in residential care.  Review and provide reports on legal cases; depositions, other work as assigned and court testimony. 

Consultant Work  - Trouble shoot problem areas for both small business owners and large corporations. Help set up new businesses. Conducted facility surveys, audits, and made recommendations for improvements.  Designed policies & procedures for facilities. 

Publisher/Writer/Editor

Books written & published:

Available upon Request

Chief Executive Officer / Instructor/ Public Policy Advocate
1990 to 1995 - American College of Community Care Education  “ACCCE”

As Lead Instructor Expert 3117 taught thousands of care providers and supervised over 10 professional teachers.  Expert 3117 created various regulation subscription manuals that ACCCE’s published that pertained to residential - assisted living - community care facilities.  Expert 3117 led ACCCE’s Network of Associations, which coordinated advocacy efforts for industry improvements statewide. 

Books authored and published by American College of Community Care Education:

Available upon Request

Created curriculum and instructed the following courses:
Certified Residential Care Administrator for the Elderly (CRCA-E) State Approved
Expert 3117 taught the first RCFE Administrator Certification Class in 1990.
Before it was required by the state she also taught:
Certified Residential Care Administrator - Developmentally Disabled (CRCA-DD)
Certified Residential Care Administrator - Mentally Ill/Disabled (CRCA-MD)

Continuing education classes instructed:
Residential Care Administrator Polices & Procedures, Business Management,
Labor Laws - Staff Management, General Laws & Regulations, Psychosocial Needs of the Elderly, RCF Medication Management, Admission-Retention-Assessment and
Community and Support Services.

Past Educational Vendor License Numbers for ACCCEs:
Board of Registered Nursing - BRN
Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators - BENHA
Community Care Licensing - CCL

Owner/Operator
1984 – 1987 Grace Manor – Owner/Operator 6 bed RCFE facility in San Andreas, CA 
As the owner operator Expert did most all the care and services herself.  Expert 3117 had a part-time employee 20 hours a week and family to help me.  The services provided included care and supervision, medication assistance, plus basic services such as meals, housekeeping and activities.  This business evolved into the 30-bed facility.

Skilled Nursing Facility “SNF” Experience
Employed from 1977 to 1986 in various Skilled Nursing Facilities.

Administrator in Training “AIT”  Positions held:
AIT - Acting Administrator  - St. Michael’s Convalescent Hospital Hayward, CA
AIT - Asst. Administrator – Hayward Convalescent Hospital
AIT - Asst. Administrator – Majestic Pines Convalescent Hospital

Other positions held:
Admission Coordinator – St. Michael’s Convalescent Hospital- Hayward CA
Medical Records Coordinator – Majestic Pines Convalescent Hospital  - Hayward, CA
Social Service Director – Essex’s Convalescent Hospital Oakland CA and Mark Twain Convalescent Hospital San Andreas
Activity Director – Park Merritt and Alpha Convalescent Hospital Oakland CA
Program Manager - HRC Sunshine Program San Andreas - trained Home Health Aides

Family Caregiver Experience
Over the years Expert 3117 has taken care of several family members due to their illness or age.  Great-Grandma – broken hip
Great Uncle Jack  – Cancer
Grandpa Denny – Severe Alzheimer’s and Heart Conditions
Brother-in-law – Bob - Cancer
Grandma Denny - Cancer
Grandpa White –96 year old with seizure disorder

Boards and Committees

1997/1998  Served on Governor Wilson’s Secured Perimeter Committee for Alzheimer and Dementia (residents residing in Residential Care Homes for the Elderly, this group set the standards for dementia care in RCFEs and CCFs). 

1995/1996 Served as an Executive Board Member for the National Institutes for Health’s Residential Care Project under Dr. Newcomer, SFU  This project help set the standards for RCFEs and CCFs all across the nation.

From 1991 through 1994 I served on many committees, boards and workgroups for California Department of Health and Human Services Division of Community Care Licensing’s Central Operations Branch, Sacramento, CA

1996-1997 Served on the Board of Directors for CHAOS a Group Home for Troubled Teens in San Andreas, CA

2003-2005 Served on the Board of Directors for Common Ground, a Tri-County Senior Meals on Wheels program based in Jackson CA