Transforming Nursing Education and Long-Term Care Through the Teaching Nursing Home Collaborative

Dec. 10, 2026 at 1 PM CT

Transforming Nursing Education and Long-Term Care Through the Teaching Nursing Home Collaborative

The Teaching Nursing Home Collaborative is a national initiative designed to strengthen partnerships between schools of nursing and nursing homes to improve student learning, workforce development and resident outcomes. Building on successful pilot and state validation phases, the collaborative utilizes the Age-Friendly Health Systems 4Ms Framework to support quality improvement, expand academic-practice partnerships and advance excellence in care for older adults. This session highlights the evolution of the collaborative, key outcomes achieved to date and opportunities for national expansion.

About the Presenters

Nancy Drazner Zionts, Longevity and Women’s Health Consultant, Jewish Healthcare Foundation; PI, Teaching Nursing Home Initiative, Jewish Healthcare Foundation and The John A Hartford Foundation

Prior to becoming a consultant in 2026, Ms. Zionts was employed by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation for over 30 years and last served as its Chief Program and Strategy Officer. While with JHF, she was responsible for the grant agenda for the Foundation, and its operating arms, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative and Health Careers Futures, and WHAMglobal. Areas of focus include Aging/Long Term Care and End of Life, Quality & Safety, Health Careers (including Fellowships and Community Health Workers) and Women’s Health. She currently leads the Phase III Teaching Nursing Home National Strategy (2026-2029), having served as the PI for Phase II Revisiting the Teaching Nursing Home Initiative: Dissemination Across PA (2023-2026), and the Phase I 2021-2023 pilot project in three regions of Pennsylvania. She previously created and led the Statewide Long Term Care Learning Network for Nursing Facilities and the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services’ COVID-19 Learning Networks for the Educational Support and Clinical Coaching and Regional Response Health Collaborative Programs for Skilled Nursing and Personal Care/Assisted Living Residences throughout PA. She had also previously led the planning for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s transition to Managed Long Term Services and Supports/Community HealthChoices, as well as the Foundation’s Senior Connections Initiative. She founded the statewide Coalition for Quality of Life for many years.  She was the lead principal team member on federally funded projects including the CMS-funded RAVEN (Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents). She had previously led the planning for a new Federally Qualified Health Center, the Squirrel Hill Health Center, operationalized in 2006, as well as the Squirrel Hill Food Pantry in 1999. 

Taylor McMahon, RN, CNDLTC, Administrator, Presbyterian Senior Care Network

Taylor McMahon, RN, CNDLTC, serves as the Administrator at Presbyterian Senior Care Network in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, and is committed to advancing excellence in aging services through leadership, education and quality improvement. A graduate of CCAC Boyce and the City University of New York, Taylor began her career with Presbyterian Senior Care Network in 2014 and has progressed through a variety of leadership roles, including Director of Nursing, ultimately leading to her current position as Administrator.
Dedicated to improving care for older adults, Taylor is actively involved in several national initiatives, including the Teaching Nursing Home Collaborative and the Age-Friendly System-Wide Spread Collaborative. She is also a graduate of the prestigious American Delirium Society's Borten Nursing Fellowship and continues to be a strong advocate for delirium prevention, identification and management in post-acute and long-term care settings.
Taylor further expanded her leadership expertise through the American Hospital Association's Next Generation Leadership Fellowship. Her fellowship project focused on embedding the Age-Friendly Health Systems framework within the affordable housing sector while supporting her ongoing professional growth and enhancing her ability to serve residents, families and team members.
In addition to her clinical and administrative leadership, Taylor contributed as an author to Practice and Leadership in Nursing Homes: Building on Academic Partnerships. In recognition of her commitment to nursing excellence and leadership, she was nominated for the 2023 Nightingale Award for Nursing Leadership.
Through her dedication to evidence-based practice, age-friendly care, workforce development and resident-centered leadership, Taylor continues to champion innovative approaches that improve the quality of life and outcomes for older adults.