HSM 4582/6582

About This Course

The practicum course is the final component of the Long Term Care Administrator's education. Minnesota’s Board of Licensure requires a minimum of 1,000 hours for persons without nursing home related experience. However, applicants with appropriate experience may have the number of hours reduced by the Board.

This is a transition course between classroom learning and its application at the executive level of management within a long term care organization. It, therefore, focuses on administrative behavior, skills, and performance. The course is designed to help the student intern understand the consequences of managerial actions and broaden leadership competencies for maintaining and enhancing the integrity of the organization.

A broad range of performance parameters are affected by management practices (e.g., employee morale, clinical processes, financial performance, regulatory compliance, quality of life for residents, customer satisfaction, and community/public relations). This course requires the student to undertake a formal practicum project that must be coordinated with: 1) the practicum site, 2) a preceptor who is a licensed nursing home administrator at the sponsoring organization, and 3) the course instructor.

Instructor

Rajean Moone
Rajean Moone
Faculty Director, Long Term Care Administration

Rajean’s professional career is dedicated to eliminating ageism and working on age-friendly initiatives that support the inclusion of older adults in society. In the past Rajean worked with the state unit on aging, area agencies on aging, and Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging. He aided in the founding of Training to Serve (LGBTQ nonprofit), the Minnesota Diverse Elders Coalition, and Finish Strong Funders Network for Aging Services. He holds a BA in Psychology, a MS degree in Gerontology, a PhD in Social Work, and a MN nursing home administrator’s license and assisted living director license. Rajean joined academia full time in 2018 in a position spread across the University of Minnesota campus with roles in the College of Continuing and Professional Studies, Center for Healthy Aging & Innovation (CHAI), and MN Northstar GWEP. 

Rajean is appointed to the Governor’s Council on an Age-Friendly Minnesota. He started in CHAI as the Associate Director of Education where he relaunched the Aging Studies Interdisciplinary Group organization for students studying aging, Graduate Minor in Gerontology, professional workshop series, and initiated the Age-Friendly University collaboration. He currently serves as CHAI’s Associate Director for Policy and serves as the lead for the Age-Friendly University Council. He serves on the board of the MN Association of Geriatrics Inspired Clinicians, Care Providers of Minnesota Foundation, Stevens Square Foundation, and FamilyMeans. He is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, a lifetime member of the Minnesota Gerontological Society, Hartford Fellow, McNair Scholar, and a Health and Aging Policy Fellow.
 

  • HSM 4582 – Practicum in Long Term Care

Information Subject to Change

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