The Kendal Outreach Team

This team of experts is highly specialized and uniquely positioned to tailor interventions to meet the specific needs and goals of each long term care organization. They present in person as well as via teleconference and webinar. They are also available for consultation. Contact us at 610-335-1280 to discuss your needs.

SABITA BALGOBIN, MSN, RN
has been a nurse educator for the Pennsylvania Nursing Care Facilities Best Practices Project since its inception in 2001. She has held staff and administrative positions in long term care, and faculty positions in various nursing programs, including Nurse Aide Training Programs. As a supervisor for the Connecticut Department of Health, she was responsible for assuring the quality of the Federal Survey process in long term care facilities throughout the State. She has since consulted with facilities to analyze and create systems change, and correct deficient practice after unsatisfactory Surveys. Other areas of expertise include interdisciplinary care planing, management of chronic pain, prevention of pressure ulcers and the introduction of alternative therapies in clinical care settings.

NEIL BERESIN, M.ED, BA
has a diverse background in psychology and education, and experience in geriatric case management and family crisis intervention. He was Regional Director of the Pennsylvania Restraint Reduction Initiative from 1996 to 2006. In his current role as Product Manager of Collage: The Art and Science of Aging, Neil manages product development, promotion, communication, sales, software installation and member relations.

RUTH BISH, RN
has extensive nursing experience, having been a staff member, RNAC, and assistant director of nursing in long term care. Since 2000, she has been a nurse educator for the Pennsylvania Nursing Care Facilities Best Practices Project. Ruth’s primary areas of expertise are implementation of quality improvement protocols in areas such as depression, pain, incontinence, pressure ulcers, functional improvement, and improvement in quality of life through a systematic paradigm shift process.

JANET DAVIS, BA, ACC
has been a Certified Activities Director since 1991, a Certified Activities Consultant since 1997, and has over 25 years’ experience in long-term care with particular expertise in dementia care, activity planning, fall management, and safe bed systems. She has been a regional director for the Pennsylvania Restraint Reduction Initiative for the past 10 years.

BERYL D. GOLDMAN, Ph.D, RN, NHA, Director for Kendal Outreach, LLC
plays a critical role in facilitating restraint free policies and care practices. Currently, she oversees the Pennsylvania Restraint Reduction Initiative, which received a grant for its 12th year in April of 2007; and the implementation portion of The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s Best Practices Project, a 5 year project which ended in 2006; and also led the implementation for a one-year project, Models to improve Care, sponsored by the Ohio Department of Health. In addition, Beryl serves as the Outreach Leader for the national Hospital Bed Safety Workgroup, which includes representatives of academia, the health care industry, and government working together for safety.

KAREN RUSSELL, LPN

has 28 years of professional nursing experience in acute and long-term care settings, practicing as a staff nurse, admissions coordinator and staff development coordinator. She has served as a regional director for the Pennsylvania Restraint Reduction Initiative since July, 1998; her expertise is in physical and chemical restraint reduction, fall management, bed and side rail safety, comprehensive assessment processes, and resident-family-staff relationships.

SYBIL SCHWARTZ, RN, MA, M.ED
has served in a variety of nursing, education, and marketing roles in health care and academic settings throughout her professional career. Since 2001 she has been the project director for Collage®: The Art and Science of Aging. She has been recruiting CCRCs and training staff to implement a computerized suite of assessments and reports designed to help organizations maintain the health and function of older adults living independently. Sybil tests software as it is developed and trains staff in use of the assessments.

SARA WRIGHT, MSN, CRNP, Gerontological Nurse Practitioner

has over 25 years of nursing experience in the acute, ambulatory, home health, and long-term care settings. As a member of the Pennsylvania Restraint Reduction Initiative since 2000, she serves as nurse practitioner/consultant to long-term care facilities across the Commonwealth with a major emphasis on chemical restraint reduction.