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Article: Pioneering change in Kansas: the PEAK project: Kansas offers its nursing homes the tools needed to embrace culture change.(Feature Article)
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- Nursing Homes
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- April 1, 2004
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Sharon didn't know where to turn. She desperately wanted to make a new life for herself. For the past four years she has worked as an aide at Windsor Place, a nursing home in Coffeyville, Kansas. Her attendance record is exemplary and she works hard to give residents the quality of life she feels they deserve. While her work life grows more rewarding, past decisions interfere with improving her home life. She was living in a rented apartment but had found a nice little "fixer-upper" house she dreamed of buying. Unfortunately, everywhere she turned, Sharon's credit history blocked her way.
One day, after yet another loan refusal, Sharon was expressing her ...