Perry Foundation recognizes Nevada’s top-performing Long-Term Care Communities and their Caregivers
NEVADA – The Perry Foundation Endeavor Awards recently recognized the state’s top-performing health care facilities and health care professionals working in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Communities with an event at Bears Best Golf Resort in Las Vegas on June 13 and at the Grove at SouthCreek in Reno on June 20.
The Perry Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of care for those residing in Nevada’s Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Communities by providing education to the caregivers and health care professionals working within these communities. The Endeavor Awards are the annual program, honoring these individuals whom excel in providing outstanding care.
“Endeavor Award” recipients in Southern Nevada:
• Achievement in Social Work – Racquel Galera, TLC Care Center
• Extraordinary Therapist – Jenny Ledesma, Legacy Health and Wellness
• Activities Program Excellence – Kelsie Graham, Prestige Senior Living at Mira Loma
• Innovation in Dining – Diana Riding, Highland Manor of Mesquite
• Distinguished Nurse Educator – Marilou Gella, College Park Rehabilitation Center
• Outstanding Nurse Leader – Poppy Helgren, Nevada State Veterans Home
• Certified Nurse Assistant of the Year – DiAnn Lawson, Nevada State Veterans Home
• Leadership Impact Award – Rande Paige, Legacy Health and Wellness
• Administrator of the Year, Assisted Living Community – Simona Cocea, Desert Springs Senior Living
• Administrator of the Year, Skilled Nursing Facility – Linda Gelinger, Nevada State Veterans Home
• Gold Endeavor Award – For Quality of Care Excellence in an Assisted Living Community Desert Springs Senior Living
• Bronze Endeavor Award – For Quality of Care Excellence in a Skilled Nursing Facility Canyon vista Post-Acute
• Silver Endeavor Award – For Quality of Care Excellence in a Skilled Nursing Facility Premier Health and Rehabilitation Center
• Award of Excellence (This award is given to the top performing facility in the entire state of Nevada) – For Superior Care in a Skilled Nursing Facility Torrey Pines Rehabilitation Hospital
“Endeavor Award” recipients in Northern Nevada:
• Achievement in Social Work – Jackie Mathews, Hearthstone of Northern Nevada
• Extraordinary Therapist – Andrea Hyde, Kindred at Home
• Activities Program Excellence – Edna Redmond, Hearthstone of Northern Nevada
• Innovation in Dining – Zareen Gul, Summit Estates Senior Living
• Distinguished Nurse Educator – Lynn Kelly, Kindred at Home
• Outstanding Nurse Leader – Kim RothenBerg, Fernley Estates Senior Living
• Caregiver of the Year – Rosa Hoyt, Carson Valley Senior Living
• Certified Nurse Assistant of the Year – Sherrie Snape Stubblefield, Regent Care Center
• Leadership Impact Award – Jeanne Bishop-Parise, Park Place Assisted Living
• Administrator of the Year, Assisted Living Community – Bob Matts, Brookdale Vista
• Administrator of the Year, Skilled Nursing Facility – Kathryn Smith, ManorCare Reno
• Silver Endeavor Award – For Quality of Care in an Assisted Living Community Summit Estates Senior Living
• Gold Endeavor Award – For Quality of Care in an Assisted Living Community Park Place Assisted Living
• Bronze Endeavor Award – For Quality of Care Excellence in a Skilled Nursing Facility Carson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
• Silver Endeavor Award – For Quality of Care Excellence in a Skilled Nursing Facility Regent Care Center
• Gold Endeavor Award – For Quality of Care Excellence in a Skilled Nursing Facility Gardnerville Health and Rehabilitation Center
“The people taking care of our loved ones work tirelessly and deserve to be recognized,” said Robert Kidd, Perry Foundation president. “They work hard with little or no recognition because they are passionate about caregiving. The Perry Foundation spends a great deal of time, analyzing their needs, of which we build educational programs around, all with the goal of improving the quality of care the residents in the buildings are receiving.”
According to Kidd, the Foundation last year awarded nearly 3,000 continuing education units to licensed administrators, licensed nurses, and social workers throughout Nevada. The Foundation has also provided hundreds of hours of in house education and training for health care facilities and communities. The Foundation has collaborations with the Sanford Center for Aging at UNR, HealthInsight Nevada, and the Nevada Department of Veteran Services. The Foundation has also been credited with starting the Nevada Music & Memory Initiative, bringing the nationally acclaimed Music & Memory program to Nevada, improving the quality of life for individuals residing in Nevada Nursing Homes with Alzheimer’s or other dementia related diseases.
