Community Connections for Health Care

Meet Joan

Whether we realize it or not, every person is faced daily with options that affect their quality of life. The trick is to recognize the options, then study and make decisions for action. When Joan decided to offer professional healthcare services as a personal business, she remembered the many opportunities she had seen and offered services under the name Options Unlimited. This title is a reminder to look at what’s “out there” and take action that uses our talents and abilities to fulfill personal goals.

Health care services should always offer patients the best options for good health. This is most successful when providers are connected for transparency, effectiveness, economy, and desired quality of life. Community Connections for Health Care seem more useful than competition, especially when resources are limited.

Joan Bachman is a Registered Nurse (ret.), Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (ret.), Registered Health Information Technician (ret.), and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. She has experience as a Nurse, Administrator/CEO, Developer, Trainer and Workshop presenter, and Grant Writer. She was involved with business start-ups and construction projects. For ten years she served as Administrator of the South Dakota State Survey Agency, the state and federal regulatory agency for health care facilities. She has consulted with health care facilities and mentored nonprofit organizations, some involving minority populations. Her long career has afforded a wide range of learning by doing.

Joan began life on a small, diversified farm in SE North Dakota, attending a one-room rural elementary school and small-town high school. She graduated from a hospital-based nursing school and attended a variety of colleges before earning her business degree at age 47. Joan is a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She is active in her church and community.

Joan has published articles in professional journals and magazines and BLOGS on this website. She self-published Guidebook for Assisted Living Facilities and Senior Service Providers as that service was growing. Because life was always interesting, Joan just self-published OPTIONS UNLIMITED—We Have Choices, an autobiography that covers a lifetime of varied activities and responsibilities from childhood on the farm to family life, health care, independent consulting, a struggle with alcohol, and volunteer work. Readers may see possibilities for their own lives.

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