Aloha … from BetheMenig Extended Care Facility collects two state awards for fifth year
June 26 celebration planned at Randolph nursing home
RANDOLPH, June 18, 2009 –The Menig Extended Care Facility,
Gifford Medical Center’s 30-bed
nursing home in Randolph, has won
a Nursing Home Quality Award from
the Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging and
Independent Living (DAIL) and a Gold Star Employer
Award from DAIL and the Vermont Health Care Association
for the fifth consecutive year.
Only five Nursing Home Quality Awards
are available statewide and only four in 2009 were given
out. Only one other nursing home in the state has received
more Quality Awards
than Menig. The award
announcements were made
May 7 at the Annual Gold
Star Employer Conference
at the Hilton in Burlington.
Also receiving the Nursing
Home Quality Award were
The Manor in Morrisville,
Derby Green in Derby and
Mayo in Northfield. According
to the award, it “recognizes
outstanding nursing
homes, which have met
high standards of quality of
care for Vermont’s nursing
home residents. This award
is granted based on results
of health and life safety
surveys, cost effectiveness, a lack of substantiated
complaints and resident satisfaction survey results.
Included with this award is a quality incentive award
to be used toward further quality of life and quality of
care improvements.”
Menig's quality incentive award is a $22,081.55 check to be used to benefit residents.
Eighteen of the state’s 42 nursing homes received theGold Star Employer award. Menig has received the
award each year it has been offered.
“I’m excited and honored,” said Menig Director of Nursing
Cindy Richardson of receiving the awards. “I know
that our nursing staff gives excellent quality of care.”
Menig is a unique facility, offering
high-quality care and with a positive
story to tell about how best to care for
our older community members. It is the
only nursing home in all of Orange County. First
constructed in 1998 following the closure of the
much larger Tranquility Nursing Home in Randolph,
Gifford’s facility expanded by 10 beds in 2006 to help
meet the high demand for local nursing home care.
In addition to the 10 Nursing Home Quality and Gold Star Employer awards it has received, Menig has been
awarded fi ve stars on the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services “Nursing Home Compare” site
(medicare.gov) and has also just been awarded a 2008
Excellence in Action award from resident satisfaction
surveying company My
InnerView. Menig was one
of only 520 nursing homes
nationwide to receive this
award.
An awards celebration with Department of Disabilities,
Aging and Independent Living Commissioner
Joan Senecal, Division of Licensing and Protection
Director Fran Keeler and Vermont Health
Care Association Executive Director Laura Pelosi will be held June
26 from 3-4 p.m.
Media are invited. Download the full media advisory here.