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Adult Day Care: Recognizing planned programs of activities designed to promote well-being through social and health-related services.
Assisted Living Facility: Honoring facilities that promote independence while providing residents with assistance for activities of daily living.
Continuing Care Retirement Community: Recognizing communities that offer residents a full spectrum of care, from independent living apartments to assisted living and long-term care all on one campus.
Home Health Agency (medical): Seeking agencies that provide skilled services such as nursing, physical and occupational therapy, social work, and home health aid while under professional supervision.
Home Health Agency (non-medical): Saluting non-medical home care agencies that provide home care services that are not considered skilled care.
Hospice/Palliative Care Company: Recognizing programs that assist patients and families as they navigate end-of-life decisions.
Legal Services: Recognizing professionals and programs providing legal services to the elderly and their families.
Long-Term Care Hospital: Recognizing specialty hospitals that provide extended medical and rehabilitative care to individuals with multiple acute, complex or chronic conditions.
Rehabilitation Facility: Recognizing outstanding programs that span a wide array of diagnoses and deliver comprehensive rehabilitative patient care in a variety of settings.
Respite Care: Recognizing programs that provide planned short-term and time-limited breaks for families and caregivers in order to support and maintain the primary caregiving relationship.
Shelter/Crisis Facility: Recognizing programs providing crisis intervention, shelter, counseling and support services to those at risk.
Skilled Nursing Facility: Honoring programs that provide skilled care as well as custodial care around the clock.
Social Service Agency: Recognizing programs that provide essential human needs for food, shelter, financial assistance and healthcare.
Alzheimer’s Care: Recognizing outstanding programs working with patients and families to relieve the human and economic cost associated with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Recreation Program: Recognizing programs for the elderly that promote salutary physical and mental health in the elderly.
Retirement Community: Recognizing unique retirement centers that encourage a healthy lifestyle and aging in place homes.
Senior Community Programs: Recognizing programs that are working to meet the current and future needs of adults 50+.
Medicare Advantage Program: Honoring programs that provide quality healthcare coverage for those who meet the eligibility criteria.
Long-Term Care Insurance: Saluting programs that educate consumers and administer long-term care insurance benefits.
Pharmacy Benefit Program: Recognizing outstanding programs that provide drug benefits to the senior market.
Aging in Place Program: Recognizing original programs that aid people in remaining as independent as possible while living safely in the comfort of home.
Fall Prevention Program: Seeking programs that educate about the risk of falls and provide programs to reduce such risks.
Guardian Program: Recognizing programs that provide guardian services for the elderly.
Clinical Nurses: Honoring outstanding clinical nurses who work with the elderly.
Facility Director - Nursing Home: Recognizing high-performing directors at nursing homes.
Facility Director - Assisted Living Facility: Recognizing top directors of assisted living facilities.
Facility Director - Continuing Care Retirement Community: Honoring leadership at continuing care retirement communities.
Geriatric Care Manager: Honoring health and human services specialists who assist families who are caring for older relatives.
Geriatrician: Recognizing physicians who specialize in the care of older adults.
Home Care Nurse: Saluting nurses who specialize in home care and work with the elderly population.
Home Health Aide (Medical or Non-Medical): Recognizing certified aides who assist the elderly with personal and care needs when they are under skilled care or those who work with seniors in a custodial capacity.
Hospice/Palliative Care Nurse: Recognizing nurses who specialize in hospice/palliative care.
Nurse Practitioner: Recognizing nurse practitioners who specialize in geriatrics.
Patient Advocate: Recognizing patient/medical advocates who specialize in geriatrics.
Rehabilitation Nurse: Recognizing nurses who specialize in rehabilitation and work with the elderly population.
Social Worker: Recognizing social workers who specialize in geriatrics.
Geriatric Therapist: Recognizing the diverse groups of therapists who specialize in geriatric care. This category honors the top occupational therapists, physical therapists and speech/language therapists working with seniors.
Wound Care Nurse: Recognizing top nurses who specialize in wound care.
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