26 Communities Earn 2020 Bronze National Quality Award

By Chelsea Stanhibel of Gardant Management Solutions

26 Gardant-managed communities received the 2020 AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award at the Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award level.

Belvedere Senior Housing	Heritage Woods of Freeport
Cambridge House of Swansea	Heritage Woods of Huntley
Evergreen Village at Bloomington	Heritage Woods of Manteno
Glasswater Creek of Lafayette	Heritage Woods of Minooka
Hellenic Senior Living of Indianapolis	Heritage Woods of Moline
Hellenic Senior Living of New Albany	Heritage Woods of Mt. Vernon
Heritage Woods of Batavia	Heritage Woods of Plainfield
Heritage Woods of Belvidere	Heritage Woods of South Elgin
Heritage Woods of Benton	Heritage Woods of Yorkville
Heritage Woods of Centralia	St. Anthony of Lansing
Heritage Woods of Charleston	The Lodge at Summers Pointe
Heritage Woods of DeKalb	White Oaks at Heritage Woods of South Elgin
Heritage Woods of Dwight	White Oaks at Spring Street

 

The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) National Quality Award Program is a progressive, three-step process that recognizes long-term care providers that have demonstrated a commitment to improving the quality of care for seniors and individuals with disabilities. Each progressive step requires a more detailed, more comprehensive demonstration of quality integration and performance.

To qualify, Gardant communities began the quality improvement process by assessing their mission, characteristics and key challenges while also demonstrating an ability to implement performance improvement plans. The Bronze Award recognizes those providers for developing a foundation to begin a continuous journey of quality improvement.

“We are extremely proud of the accomplishment of a large portion of our portfolio receiving NCAL’s Bronze Quality Award this year,” says Rod Burkett, CEO of Gardant Management Solutions. “This recognition is due to the dedicated efforts provided by the staff and management teams at these communities throughout the year, and it is indicative of their dedication to serving our residents and committing to ongoing quality improvement.  We are extremely thankful every day for their compassion and dedication!”

Heritage Woods of Rockford and John Evans of Pekin were awarded the Bronze National Quality Award in 2019 and are still in active status at that level. You can read their article here. 

For more information about the Bronze Award, click here.