AHCA/NCAL names the 2015 gold quality award winners

Four long-term and post-acute care providers have earned the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living's (AHCA/NCAL) gold award for Excellence in Quality, the highest level of the national quality award program.

The winners include:

• Skies Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, LLC, Albuquerque, NM
• Highlands Lake Center, Lakeland, Fla.
• Effingham County Care Center, Springfield, Ga.
• Pacific Coast Manor, Capitola, Calif.

The program recognizes organizations that "meet rigorous standards and serve as models of excellence in providing high-quality long-term care (LTC)," noted the AHCA/NCAL news release naming the winners.

"The staff and leadership at these centers have shown outstanding commitment and dedication to the pursuit of quality care," said AHCA/NCAL President and CEO Mark Parkinson in the press release. They are leaders in their communities and in our profession, and I congratulate them on achieving this award."

Megan Combs

Megan Combs was Associate Editor of I Advance Senior Care / Long Term Living from 2013-2018.