Two Dozen Nursing Homes Nominated for Alabama’s Best Practices Program

Twenty-four nursing homes from across Alabama have been nominated for the 2014 Alabama’s Best Practices Program.

The nominated nursing homes have developed innovative ways to improve the quality of care or quality of life for nursing home residents. Each nomination will be evaluated by a panel of health care professionals using 11 specific judging criteria.

The top eight nursing homes will present their best practices at Alabama’s Best Practices Program. The remaining nursing homes will display their best practices in a special exhibit hall.

The 21st annual Alabama’s Best Practices Program will be held August 28, 2014, at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center in Birmingham.

Facilities nominated for Alabama’s Best Practices 2014:

• Adams Health & Rehab
• Andalusia Manor
• Athens Rehabilitation Center and Senior Care Center
• Bill Nichols State Veterans Home
• Cherokee County Health & Rehab Center
• Coosa Valley Nursing Home
• Cullman Health Care & Rehab Center
• Decatur Health and Rehab
• Eastview Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
• Fair Haven Retirement Community
• Falkville Health Care Center
• Floyd E. “Tut” Fann State Veterans Home
• Folsom Center for Rehab & Healthcare
• Haleyville Health Care Center
• Hanceville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
• Magnolia Haven Health & Rehabilitation Center
• Oak Park
• Oak Trace Care & Rehabilitation Center
• Robertsdale Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
• River City Center
• Southland Nursing Home
• South Haven Health & Rehab – Birmingham
• Thomasville Health Care & Rehab Center
• Woodland Village Rehab & Healthcare Center

Alabama’s Best Practices was created in 1994 by the Alabama Nursing Home Association in cooperation with the Alabama Department of Public Health. Over the years, the concepts shared have touched and improved the lives of thousands of Alabama’s nursing home residents. Alabama was the third state in the nation to implement a best practices program, behind only New York and California.

Stay tuned…we’ll post information about the nursing homes selected to present at Alabama’s Best Practices after judging is complete.

Click here for detailed information about Alabama’s Best Practices.