Submitted by Carleton-Willard Village
The American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) honored Valerie Gingras, Administrator of The Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at Carleton-Willard Village, with the 2015 Eli Pick Facility Leadership Award.
The award, named in memory of visionary ACHCA member Eli Pick, recognizes administrators whose teams have achieved dimensions of organizational quality that few others have been able to reach. Two hundred and eighty-eight administrators were awarded leadership awards nationally.
This award recognizes the administrator of record who provided leadership throughout the award year. Eligibility for this award is based on three years of skilled nursing facility (SNF) survey data, including the Health, Fire (Life Safety), and Complaint Surveys, as well as top quartile performance on designated Quality Measures. The criteria also included an 80% or greater facility occupancy and a three year avoidance of a Special Focus Facility status.
Ms. Gingras began her career with Carleton-Willard in 2006, and is the Administrator for Llewsac Lodge, the Village’s Supportive Care Program; The Ross-Worthen Center for Alzheimer’s Care; as well as The Center for Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation.
Founded in 1962, the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) is the only professional association devoted solely to meeting the professional needs of today’s post-acute and aging services leaders. Focused on advancing leadership excellence, ACHCA provides professional education and certification to administrators from across the spectrum of long term care.