Awards and Accolades

Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award, 2010

Our efforts received national recognition when this center was named the recipient of an American Health Care Association (AHCA)/National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award.

The AHCA/NCAL Quality Award is modeled after criteria from the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, the nation’s premier recognition for quality achievement.

The Bronze award recognizes that the center has made a commitment to continuous quality and performance improvement. Once achieved, the designation is permanent.

Best in Class Awards, 2010:

• Quality of Food
• Tour Process

Pinnacle Quality Insight is an independent customer satisfaction firm serving more than 1,100 health care providers in 45 states. The Best in Class awards are given to nursing centers scoring in the top 10% for specific areas of quality service. Centers are ranked based upon monthly patient, resident, and family survey results, as well as side-by-side comparisons with similar nursing centers across the nation.

Administrator of the Year Award, 2008

Idaho Health Care Association (IHCA) honored our Executive Director, Gerald Bosen, with the Administrator of the Year award in 2008. This prestigious award is given to an individual who demonstrates the pursuit of excellence in the long-term care arena. The candidate also must display leadership, the mission to deliver exceptional care, and promote quality of life for the Elderly.

Dietary Employee of the Year Award, 2010

Idaho Health Care Association (IHCA) presented our Dietary Services Manager, Susan Gourley, with the 2010 Dietary Employee of the Year award. This award is given to an individual who works in the kitchen/dietary department of a long-term care center, and goes above and beyond his or her call of duty to better the lives of patients, residents, and their families.

A Fortune Magazine Most Admired Company, 2009, 2010 and 2011
Kindred Healthcare, our center’s parent company, has been a Fortune magazine Most Admired Healthcare Company for the last three years.  The Most Admired list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations.  Fortune magazine ranks companies within industries, based on nine different “attributes of reputation.”  To create the industry rankings, surveys were sent to over 4,000 executives, directors, and analysts to select the 10 companies they admired most.