Tutera Senior Living and Health Care Earns 27 National Quality Awards from AHCA/NCAL
September 3, 2024
KANSAS CITY, MO — Tutera Senior Living & Health Care has announced in a press release that 27 of its communities have earned prestigious Quality Awards from the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living, an association for long term and post-acute care providers. The annual award honors association members across the nation that have demonstrated their commitment to improving the quality of care for seniors and persons with disabilities.
The following 27 Tutera communities earned the 2024 Bronze Commitment to Quality Award:
ALABAMA — Charlton Place Rehabilitation & Health Care Center and Montgomery Children’s Specialty Center
ILLINOIS — Rolling Meadows Senior Living, Coulterville Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, Lakeland Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, Oakley Courts Assisted Living Community, and Metropolis Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
INDIANA — River Crossing Assisted Living Community
IOWA — Eiler Senior Living, Amelia Senior Living, Greenfield Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, and Floyd Senior Living
KANSAS — Mission Chateau Senior Living Community, Stratford Commons Memory Care Community, and The Village at Mission Assisted Living Community
MISSOURI — Carnegie Village Senior Living Community, Carnegie Village Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, Tiffany Springs Senior Living Community, Highland Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, Northland Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, The Estoria at Norterre, and The Laurel at Norterre
NEBRASKA — Cottonwood Senior Living and Greene Senior Living
OKLAHOMA — Country Gardens Assisted Living Community
SOUTH CAROLINA —Wesley Court Assisted Living Community
“We are proud to see these communities recognized for their unwavering commitment to residents,” said Joe Tutera, chief executive officer of Tutera Senior Living & Health Care. “I commend the staff at these communities for their hard work and dedication to our valued long-term residents.”
The Bronze Commitment to Quality Award is one of three progressive award levels through the National Quality Award Program, which AHCA/NCAL established in 1996. It is based on the core values and criteria of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, which is also the foundation of the metric-based AHCA/NCAL Quality Initiative. The Baldrige program helps organizations in different business sectors improve and achieve performance excellence.
“It’s rewarding to be recognized with a prestigious quality award that underscores the standards that guide what we do every day,” said Randy Bloom, Ph.D., chief operating officer of Tutera Senior Living & Health Care. “Our ongoing YOUNITE initiative is designed to ensure we are continuously asking, listening, and responding in ways that are personally meaningful to residents, family members, and staff in all our communities across the nation.”
Bronze applicants must demonstrate their ability to implement a performance improvement system that improves healthcare outcomes. Trained examiners thoroughly review each application to determine if the center has met the demands of the criteria.
Founded in 1983 by Dominic F. Tutera, M.D., Tutera Senior Living & Health Care is a locally owned, diversified post-acute senior health care provider operating 65 senior living communities in 10 states nationwide. The company offers independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, post-surgery rehabilitation, and memory care.
AHCA/NCAL represents more than 14,000 nonprofit and proprietary skilled nursing centers, assisted living communities, sub-acute centers and homes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.