Guardian Care of Zebulon Named Recipient of AHCA Quality Award

Guardian Care of Zebulon’s efforts are now receiving national recognition. Guardian Care of Zebulon is a 2006 recipient of the American Health Care Association Quality Award.

There are approximately 16,000 nursing homes in the country. Guardian Care of Zebulon is one of 92 long-term care facilities in 28 states and one of only three in North Carolina that earned the Step I Quality Award this year. Two of the three are part of Kindred Healthcare, Inc. In addition to Guardian Care, the other is Cypress Pointe Rehabilitation and Health Care Centre in Wilmington.

The AHCA Quality Award is modeled after criteria from the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s premier recognition for quality achievement. The AHCA award recognizes commitment to a continuous quality improvement process. The facilities selected have made customer satisfaction and quality outcomes their top priority.

A ceremony for award recipients was conducted in October at the National AHCA Convention.