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(AUSTIN, Texas) —

Fifty-five nursing homes from across Texas earned national honors today for proving their commitment to improving the quality of care for seniors and persons with disabilities.

“This is extraordinary, Texas has never had 55 facilities achieve this level of recognition before,” said Kevin Warren, President and CEO of the Texas Health Care Association. “55 Commitment to Quality Awards is proof our efforts to improve nursing home care in Texas are paying off — despite the state’s chronic Medicaid underfunding.”

The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living awarded the 2017 Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award to nursing homes who achieved the first of three distinctions possible through the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program. This program, which began in 1996, honors long term and post-acute care providers across the nation. A total of 520 bronze awards were awarded.

The AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program is centered on the core values and criteria of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, which is the foundation of the metric-based AHCA/NCAL Quality Initiative. The program assists providers of long term and post-acute care services in achieving their performance goals.

The program has three levels: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Providers begin the quality improvement process at the Bronze level, where they develop an organizational profile with fundamental performance elements such as vision and mission statements and an assessment of customers’ expectations. Bronze applicants must also demonstrate their ability to implement a performance improvement system. Trained examiners review each application to determine if the center has met the demands of the criteria. Recipients may now move forward in developing approaches and achieving performance levels that meet the criteria required for the Silver – Achievement in Quality Award.

“Bronze award recipients advance our mission of improving lives by delivering solutions for quality care,” said Mark Parkinson, President and CEO of AHCA/NCAL. “We applaud their efforts to enrich the lives of those in the long term and post-acute care communities we serve.”

AHCA/NCAL will announce the 2017 Silver — Achievement in Quality and Gold — Excellence in Quality Award recipients in the coming months.  The awards will be presented during AHCA/NCAL’s 68th Annual Convention and Exposition in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 15-18, 2017.

A complete list of this year’s Texas recipients of the 2016 Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award is below.

Granbury Rehab and Nursing	Granbury
Colonial Manor Nursing Home	Cleburne
Wesley Woods Health & Rehabilitation	Waco
Whispering Oaks Rehab & Nursing	Cuero
Querencia at Barton Creek	Austin
Henderson Health and Rehabilitation	Henderson
Baylor County Hospital District	Henderson
Windcrest Health and Rehab	Abilene
The Plaza at Mirador	Corpus Christi
Crown Point Health Suites	Lubbock
Renaissance at Kessler Park	Dallas
Crowell Nursing Center	Crowell
Northgate Plaza	Irving
Gulf Point Plaza	Rockport
Heritage House of Paris	Paris
Park Manor of Tomball	Tomball
Mesquite Tree Nursing Center	Mesquite
Advanced Rehab & Healthcare of Vernon	Vernon
Community Care Center of Crockett	Crockett
Southeast Nursing and Rehabilitation	San Antonio
Park Manor of McKinney	McKinney
Heritage House of Keller	Keller
William R. Courtney Texas State Veterans Home	Temple
The Stayton at Museum Way	Fort Worth
Advanced Rehab and Healthcare of Wichita Falls	Wichita Falls
White Settlement Nursing Center	White Settlement
Park Manor of Cypress Station	Houston
Pampa Nursing Center	Pampa
Park Manor of Quail Valley	Missouri City
The Buckingham	Houston
Senior Care of Stephenville	Stephenville
El Paso Health and Rehab	El Paso
Briarcliff Skilled Nursing Facility	Carthage
Trisun Care Center – Lakeside	San Antonio
Ridgecrest Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center	Forney
Williamsburg Village Healthcare Campus	DeSoto
The Plaza at Richardson	Richardson
Garnet Hill Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center	Wylie
Pine Grove Nursing Center	Center
Emerald Hills Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center	North Richland Hills
Providence Park Nursing and Rehabilitation	Tyler
Cuero Nursing and Rehabilitation	Cuero
Yoakum Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	Yoakum
Windsor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Seguin	Seguin
SCC at Pecan Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center	San Antonio
SCC at Hunters Pond Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center	San Antonio
Homestead of Denison	Denison
Senior Care at Holland Lake	Weatherford
Accel at Willowbend	Plano
Town East Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center	Mesquite
Lakewest Rehabilitation and Skilled Care	Dallas
Senior Care of Denton Post Acute Care	Denton
Southbrooke Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	Edna
Bangs Nursing Home	Bangs
Stonebridge Health Center	Austin

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About THCA

Founded in 1950, the Texas Health Care Association (THCA) is the largest long-term care association in Texas. THCA’s membership is comprised of several hundred licensed non-profit and for-profit skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), specialized rehabilitation facilities and assisted living facilities in Texas. These facilities provide comprehensive, around-the-clock nursing care for chronically ill or short-term residents of all ages, along with rehabilitative and specialized medical programs. THCA also represents more than 190 long-term care businesses that provide products and services to the state’s approximately 2,850 nursing homes and assisted living facilities. To learn more, visit http://txhca.org/ or connect with THCA on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.