Nineteen Alabama Nursing Home Association member facilities were recognized for health care quality improvement Tuesday at the Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation’s (AQAF) Outcomes Congress.
The awards covered four major AQAF quality improvement initiatives and 13 categories.
The recognized facilities are:
Improving Individual Resident Care
Pressure Ulcers:
- Top Performer: Lafayette Nursing Home
- Most Improved Relative Improvement Rate: Golden Living Center Boaz
Physical Restraints:
- Top Performer: Madison Manor Nursing Home
- Most Improved Relative Improvement Rate:
- Jackson Health Care Facility
- Shadescrest Health Care Center
Antipsychotics:
- Top Performer: Highlands Health & Rehab
National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative
Top Performers:
- Genesis Magnolia Ridge
- Cedar Crest
Level of Engagement & Commitment:
- Mitchell-Hollingsworth Nursing & Rehab
Dedicated & Committed Quality Partner:
- Robin Bradford, Highlands Health & Rehab
Most Improved Data Analysis:
- River City Care & Rehab
- Colonial Haven Care & Rehab Center
Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative
Top Performer:
- Wesley Manor (Gold Certified Team)
Outstanding Performance:
- Arbor Springs Health & Rehab Center
- Fair Haven Retirement Center
- Golden Living Center Pell City LLC
Team: Athens-Limestone
Hand in Hand Training
Highest Nursing Home Representation/Attendance:
- Florala Health & Rehab LLC
Highest Certified Nursing Assistant Representation/Attendance:
- Hanceville Nursing Home & Rehab
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- Arbor Springs Health & Rehab Administrator Mark Traylor accepts the facility’s award for Outstanding Performance in the Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative from AQAF Vice President of Quality Liz Prosch.
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- Colonial Haven Care & Rehab Center staff were recognized for Most Improved Data Analysis in the National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative.
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- Oak Park Nursing Home Director of Nursing Amy Roberts accepts the facility’s award for Top Performer in the Integrating Care for Populations and the Community category.
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- Nursing home honorees for the Improving Individual Resident Care Initiative.
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- Highlands Health & Rehab Administrator Robin Bradford, right, receives the Dedicated & Committed Quality Partner Award for the National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative from AQAF Vice President of Quality Liz Prosch.
