Partnership Creates Happy Halloween for Nursing Home Residents
Halloween 2013 was all treats and no tricks for residents of Walker Rehabilitation Center in Carbon Hill. Nursing home staff partnered with 13 of the facility's vendors and suppliers to [...]
Burns Nursing & Rehab Joins Senior Crimestoppers
Thanks to a generous donation from CB&S Bank, Burns Nursing & Rehab is the newest member of Senior Crimestoppers. Nursing home residents and staff joined leaders from CB&S Bank and [...]
Colbert County Nursing Home is Deficiency Free
Cottage of the Shoals recently earned a deficiency free health survey! Cheryl Baker is the Administrator, and Micki Newton is the Director of Nursing. The 103-bed facility is located in [...]
Ball HealthCare Services Recognizes Outstanding Facilities
Mobile-based Ball HealthCare Services, Inc. recently recognized three of its nursing homes for achievements in providing quality care. Orchard Quality Initiative Recognition Orchard Rehabilitation & HealthCare Center in Hayneville was [...]
Cullman County Nursing Home is Deficiency Free
Cullman Long Term Care & Rehab Center recently earned a deficiency free health survey! Federal law requires the State of Alabama to perform annual inspections of each nursing home - [...]
2014 Activity & Social Service Auxiliary Officers Elected
The Activity & Social Services Auxiliary of the Alabama Nursing Home Association (ANHA) today elected officers to lead the group in 2014. The election was held at the auxiliary's annual [...]
Westside Terrace Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Westside Terrace Health & Rehab First recently commemorated 20 years of service to the city of Dothan and Houston County. Residents, staff and community leaders attended a special ceremony that [...]
Alabama Nursing Homes Improve in CMS Five Star Ranking, Continue to Best National Average
Alabama nursing homes continue to rank ahead of the national average in a key measure of quality care according to a recent analysis of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [...]
Twenty Alabama Nursing Homes Receive Excellence in Action Award
Twenty Alabama nursing homes received the 2012-2013 Excellence in Action from My InnerView by National Research Corporation. This honor recognizes long term care and senior living organizations that achieve the [...]
Nursing Home Pioneer Passes Away
The Alabama Nursing Home Association expresses deepest sympathy to the family of Dr. A. Jerry Swindall. Dr. Swindall passed away on September 30. He was 82 years old. He was [...]
Music and Art Focus of Dementia Care Workshops
Can music and art awaken the spirit of someone with dementia? Several hundred long-term care professionals learned it can at two workshops sponsored by AQAF and the Middle Alabama Area [...]
Golden Living Oneonta Recognized for Work on National Quality Project
Pictured from left to right are Shelton, AQAF Care Pathways Coach Jeff Harris and Horton. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recognized two Golden [...]
