Profiles of facilities, staff, volunteers, families and residents in Kentucky s long term care facilities. The Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities held its Annual Meeting and Expo building a Game Plan for Success at the Galt House in Louisville Nov. 14-16. More than 700 long-term care providers met during the meeting, attending educational sessions on vital issues they are facing. The week was capped off with the Quality Awards Banquet and the new Best of Kentucky Nursing and Award honoring 21 Kentucky providers for outstanding care. KAHCF will hold its 2018 Annual Meeting Nov. 13 15 at the Galt House. Dee Metcalf Overall Supportive Caregiver Winner Superior Care Home, Inc., Paducah Dee s peers call her a Spark Plug, breathing life into every activity as the Social Event Director. She shows excitement and compassion in everything, calling Woo Hoo! as she enters a room to let everyone know they are about to have fun and celebrate life. She is also very community minded, recognizing police officers and organizing care packages for cancer residents among other things. Adrene Commodore Overall Nursing Care Winner Grand Haven Nursing and, Cynthiana The Assistant Director of Nursing at Grand Haven, Adrene defines teamwork. She never looks at her staff as them but us and keeps situations calm with her wit and laughter. She demonstrated her devotion to her residents by still working a half day every day while undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer. Despite losing her voice for a month, she still led her team in communicating with residents and staff. Winter 2018 Margie Rose Cook Overall Caregiving Winner Letcher Manor Nursing and Facility, Whitesburg This 70-year-old Nurse Aide Staff Coordinator shows how to care for others by caring for her staff by donating uniforms as well as toys and food for their families. Despite her own health issues this year, she made sure the facility s annual Mother s Day event went on as planned. She also shows great compassion for her staff, providing basic needs such as groceries, toys and milk for her staff s children. of Long Term Care
2017 KAHCF quality award winners Volunteers Rev. Joe Howard, Harlan Health & Public Relations Award Masonic Home of Shelbyville Conjuna Collier Haunted House and Chili Supper Karen Watts, Knott County Health and, Hindman Mills Health &, Mayfield David Dietz Vacation Bible School Leadership Health Care Partner Sally Jo Magness, Masonic Home of Shelbyville Cathy Cooper, Irvine Nursing & David Dietz, Mills Health &, Mayfield Kelli Smith, Hillcrest Health and, Corbin 2 Heroes Winter 2018 www.kahcf.org
best of kentucky winners THE BEST KENTUCKY NURSING REHABILITATION of & 2017 Williamsburg Health & Joy Petrey and Laura Creekmore Woodland Oaks Health Care Facility, Ashland Kim Nall and Tiffany Evans Knott County Health &, Hindman Jessica Hall and Ruby Pigman Diversicare of Greenville Vicki Butler and Allyson Stovall Wolfe County Health &, Campton Amy Prater and Mary Watkins Oakmont Manor, Flatwoods Travis Lewis and Shanna Carver Barbourville Health & Janna Shelley and Delores Fields Redbanks Colonial Terrace, Sebree Carla Benson and Christy Jordan Heroes Winter 2018 www.kahcf.org 3
best of kentucky winners, CONT. THE BEST KENTUCKY NURSING REHABILITATION of & 2017 Rosedale Green, Covington Kathy Jones and Londa Knollman Fair Oaks Health Systems, Jamestown Elliott Nursing &, Sandy Hook Melissa Cummings and Rachelle Stevens Conjuna Collier and Debra Finneran River Valley Nursing Home, Butler Tracy Fickenscher and Mary Coleman Diversicare of Glasgow Laurie Norris and Jason Gumm Letcher Manor Nursing & Facility, Whitesburg Tammy Young and Carla Bishnoi Brandenburg Nursing & Angela Decker and Janet Dowell Nazareth Home, Louisville Angela Ludwig and Tara Lane Pittman 4 Heroes Winter 2018 www.kahcf.org
best of kentucky winners, Cont. THE BEST KENTUCKY NURSING REHABILITATION of & 2017 Nursing Care Top 10 Leah Collins Belinda Richardson Dawson Springs Health & Krista Fletcher and Beth Ann Yates Ashley Oaks-Smith Julia Hembree Nina Cornett Melissa Taylor Cassie Stanley Cathy Atcher Highlandspring of Fort Thomas Julie Lehmann and Karen Wiley Nazareth Home Clifton, Louisville Stephanie Thorn and Christine Plott Adrene Commodore Grand Haven Nursing and, Cynthiana Overall Winner Leah Collins Hillcrest Health and, Corbin Belinda Bea Richardson Elizabethtown Nursing & Ashley Oaks-Smith Hazard Health and Julia Hembree Corbin Health and Nina Cornett Hyden Health and Melissa Taylor Cassie Stanley Knott County Health and, Hindman Cathy Atcher Wolfe County Health and, Campton Teresa Kinser Stanton Nursing and Crestview, Shelbyville Florence Roberts and Steve McKinley Heroes Winter 2018 www.kahcf.org 5
Caregiving Top 10 Supportive Care Top 10 Sharon Adams Joanne McIntyre Martha Sue Banks Stephanie Wheeler Lori Cole Amber Rubino LaDonna Tapp Amy Aslinger Ruth Lacy Mike Warford Mary Hanley LaTosha Quarles Emily Mellott Barbara Hunter Margie Rose Cook Letcher Manor Nursing & Facility, Whitesburg Overall Winner Stephanie Wheeler Ruth Lacy Wolfe County Health and, Campton Sharon Adams Hyden Health and Lori Cole Morganfield Nursing and Mike Warford Georgetown Manor Nursing and, Louisville Joanne McIntyre Hazard Health and Amber Rubino Greenwood Nursing and, Bowling Green Mary Hanley Cambridge Place, Lexington Ashley Perkins Diversicare of Glasgow Dee Metcalf Superior Care Home Nursing and, Paducah Overall Winner Helen Smith Barbourville Health and Martha Sue Banks Wolfe County Health and, Campton LaDonna Tapp Morganfield Nursing and Keisha Reynolds Bowling Green Nursing & Amy Aslinger Harlan Health & LaTosha Quarles Shady Lawn Nursing and, Cadiz Emily Mellott Barbara Hunter Stanton Nursing and Ina Allen Henderson Nursing and 6 Heroes Winter 2018 www.kahcf.org
Scholarships Kentucky Health Care Foundation Ira O. Wallace Carrie Adams Hyden Health and Lisa O Daire Ridgeway Nursing &, Owingsville Whitney Berryman Maysville Health & Facility Christy Jordan Redbanks Colonial Terrace, Sebree Tonita Burgess Greenwood Nursing and Rehab, Bowling Green Crystal Shannon Cody Brooks Metcalfe Health Care, Edmonton Meghan Mills Kenwood Health and Rehab, Richmond Nina Cornett Hyden Health and Leslie Smith Hyden Health and Jessica Hall Knott County Health and Rehab, Hindman Penny Partin Hillcrest Health &, Corbin no picture available Michelle Goodwin Calvert City Convalescent Michelle Strader Landmark of Louisville Dona Nation no picture available Christy Wilson Wolfe County Health and, Campton Pump Up the PAC Party II The KAHCF PAC held its 2nd Annual Pump Up the PAC Party during the Annual Meeting. Legislative Committee Chair Jean Wells and Executive Vice President Bruce Linder, shown with DJ WarrenPEACE, helped hand out door prizes and helped organize the event. Heroes Winter 2018 www.kahcf.org 7
Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities 9403 Mill Brook Road Louisville, KY 40223 PRST STD U.S. Postage PAID Louisville, KY Permit No. 1368 KAHCF is the trade association that represents proprietary and non-proprietary long term care facilities across the Commonwealth. For more information contact: KAHCF www.kahcf.org 502-425-5000 Fax: 502-425-3431 Profiles of facilities, staff, volunteers, families and residents in Kentucky s long term care facilities. Remembering the late KAHCF President James S. Judy The Association paid tribute to its former President, James S. Judy, who passed away on September 16, 2017. Mr. Judy served as President of the Association from 1979 to 1999, during which time he oversaw growth in membership and the Association s political clout to advocate for long term care providers. Past Ira O. Wallace winners and other Association leaders shared their memories of Mr. Judy, and it was announced that the KAHCF Training will be renamed in his honor. Winter 2018 of Long Term Care