Fourteen assisted living communities managed by Gardant Management Solutions have been recognized as 2023 recipients of the Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) for their commitment to improving the lives of residents through quality care.
BOURBONNAIS, Ill., June 4, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Fourteen assisted living communities managed by Gardant Management Solutions have been recognized as 2023 recipients of the Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) for their commitment to improving the lives of residents through quality care. The distinction is the first of three progressive award levels through the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program. The program, presented by the leading association in long term and post-acute care, honors providers across the country that have demonstrated their commitment to improving quality of care for our nation's seniors and people with disabilities.
The Gardant-managed communities to be honored with 2023 Bronze Awards are as follows:
Belvedere Senior Housing
Belvedere Senior Housing is an affordable assisted living community located in Merrillville, Indiana. It has a total of 126 private apartments. The community is designed to serve low-income adults 55 years of age and older.
Bowman Estates of Danville
Located in Danville, Illinois, Bowman Estates is an affordable assisted living community designed to serve adults 65 years of age and older. Bowman Estates houses a total of 76 private apartments.
Evergreen Village at Bloomington
Featuring 115 private apartments, Evergreen Village at Bloomington, Indiana is an affordable assisted living community and designed to serve adults 62 years of age and older.
Heritage Woods of Batavia
Heritage Woods of Batavia is located in Kane County, Illinois. The affordable assisted living community is designed to serve adults 65 years of age and older. It has a total of 148 studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments.
Heritage Woods of DeKalb
Heritage Woods of DeKalb is an affordable assisted living community located in DeKalb, Illinois. With 76 private apartments, the community is designed to serve adults 65 years of age and older.
Heritage Woods of Flora
Located in Clay County, Illinois, Heritage Woods of Flora is the only affordable assisted living community that serves adults 65 years of age and older in the county. It features 52 private apartments.
Heritage Woods of Huntley
Located in Kane County, Illinois, Heritage Woods of Huntley is designed to serve adults 55 years and older who need some help to maintain their independence. Heritage Woods of Huntley features a total of 81 private apartments.
Heritage Woods of Manteno
Located in Kankakee County, Illinois, Heritage Woods of Manteno is designed to serve low-income adults 65 years of age and older. They have a total of 87 studios, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments.
Heritage Woods of Moline
Heritage Woods of Moline is located in the Quad Cities near the communities of Bettendorf, Davenport, East Moline and Rock Island. It houses 99 private apartments and is designed to serve those 65 and older.
Heritage Woods of Plainfield
Heritage Woods of Plainfield is in Plainfield, Illinois and is designed to service low-income adults 65 years of age and older. It offers a total of 108 private apartments.
Heritage Woods of Yorkville
Located in Kendall County, Illinois, Heritage Woods of Yorkville affordable assisted living community serves those 65 years of age and older. Heritage Woods of Yorkville features a total of 87 private apartments.
John Evans Supportive Living
The community, which is designed to serve adults 65 and older of all incomes who need some help to maintain their independence, is located south of Peoria and southwest of Morton. John Evans has a total of 76 private apartments.
Montclare Supportive Living Community
Montclare Supportive Living Community is in Chicago, Illinois. It is 108,000 square feet and houses 120 private studio and one-bedroom apartments, serving those 65 years and older.
Vivera Senior Living
Located in Columbus, Indiana, Vivera Senior Living is designed to serve seniors 62 years and older of all incomes. It has a total of 114 studio and one-bedroom apartments.
In the past four years, 52 assisted living and memory care communities managed by Gardant have been recognized with Bronze awards.
"We are extremely proud of the accomplishment of portion of our portfolio receiving an AHCA/NCAL's Bronze Quality Award," says Julie Simpkins, Co-President 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 residents and committing to ongoing quality improvement. We are extremely thankful every day for their compassion and dedication!"
Created by AHCA/NCAL in 1996, the National Quality Award Program is a rigorous three-level process that is reviewed and judged by trained experts against a set of nationally recognized standards for organizational excellence. The standards of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program help organizations achieve superior performance to improve quality of life and care of long term care residents and staff.
Providers begin the quality improvement process at the Bronze level, where they develop an organizational profile with essential performance elements such as vision, mission statement, and key strengths and challenges. Bronze applicants must also demonstrate their ability to implement a sustainable performance improvement system. Trained examiners review each application to determine if the center has met the demands of the criteria. As recipients of the Bronze - Commitment to Quality award, these communities may now move forward in developing approaches and achieving advanced levels of performance that meet the Silver - Achievement in Quality award criteria.
"Earning this award is a milestone to be proud of," said Cathy Bergland, AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Board Chair. "It's at this point that providers see what is possible by committing to the process of improvement. Congratulations to the Gardant-Managed Communities for this achievement. I encourage you to continue your quality improvement journey."
The awards will be presented during Delivering Solutions 23, the AHCA/NCAL Convention & Expo, October 1-4, 2023 in Denver, Colorado.
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ABOUT GARDANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS
Gardant Management Solutions was built on the foundation that operating communities with dignity, compassion and enriched services would drive financial results. Our expertise in developing & operating environments that inspire vitality in our residents will create tangible business value for you.
We applaud figures 52 awards received from our communities that have achieved Bronze Award status in the past four years. We appreciate their commitment to quality improvement and to our mission of enriching the lives of residents by providing them with the Love, Compassion, and Dignity they deserve in addition to the personal assistance, help with medications, and support services they need.
9 Gardant-Managed communities won the Bronze Award in 2022 which include Churchview Supportive Living, Gateway of River City, Gull Creek, Heritage Woods of Chicago, Heritage Woods of Gurnee, Heritage Woods of Newburgh, Heritage Woods of Rockford, Heritage Woods of Sterling, and Oasis at 30th.
15 Gardant-Managed communities won the Bronze Award in 2021 which include Cedar Grove, Cambridge House of Maryville, Cambridge House of O'Fallon, Deer Path of Huntley, Eagle Ridge of Decatur, Grand Prairie of Macomb, Heritage Woods of Bolingbrook, Heritage Woods of McHenry, Heritage Woods of Noblesville, Heritage Woods of Ottawa, Heritage Woods of Watseka, Lacey Creek, Oasis at 56th, Prairie Winds of Urbana, and White Oaks at McHenry.
26 Gardant-managed communities won the Bronze Award in 2020 including Belvedere Senior Housing, Cambridge House of Swansea, Evergreen Village at Bloomington, Glasswater Creek of Lafayette, Hellenic Senior Living of Indianapolis, Hellenic Senior Living of New Albany, Heritage Woods of Batavia, Heritage Woods of Belvidere, Heritage Woods of Benton, Heritage Woods of Centralia, Heritage Woods of Charleston, Heritage Woods of DeKalb, Heritage Woods of Dwight, Heritage Woods of Freeport, Heritage Woods of Huntley, Heritage Woods of Manteno, Heritage Woods of Minooka, Heritage Woods of Moline, Heritage Woods of Mt. Vernon, Heritage Woods of Plainfield, Heritage Woods of South Elgin, Heritage Woods of Yorkville, St. Anthony of Lansing, The Lodge at Summers Pointe, White Oaks at Heritage Woods of South Elgin, and White Oaks at Spring Street.
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ABOUT AHCA/NCAL
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) represent more than 14,000 non-profit and proprietary skilled nursing centers, assisted living communities, sub-acute centers, and homes for individuals with intellectual and development disabilities. By delivering solutions for quality care, AHCA/NCAL aims to improve the lives of the millions of frail, elderly and individuals with disabilities who receive long term or post-acute care in our member facilities each day. For more information, please visit http://www.ahcancal.org.
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