The Illinois Health Care Association has announced the winner of the 2021 IHCA Excellence Award for Long-Term Care Centers. Resthave Care & Rehabilitation in Morrison, IL, was chosen as this year’s recipient of the award. The award was presented during the 2021 Opening General Session at the Association’s Annual Convention and Expo in Springfield, IL, on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. Resthave was also recognized for their 50 years as a member of IHCA.
Staff and Board members are show left-to-right: Board Member Jerry Lindsey; Social Services Director Jill Lemke; Director of Nursing Susan Donahue; Administrator Jill Smith; Human Resources Molly VanDaele; Marketing Director Karla Burn; Dietary Supervisor Tawnya Denning; Board Member Mary Beswick; Board Member Marcia Haag; Board of Directors President John Hauptman.
Resthave Care & Rehabilitation, a not-for-profit home, was founded in 1961 and has provided excellent service in long-term care for 60 years. This nursing center provides various services and amenities for residents, including physical, occupational, and speech therapies, wound care, pain management, respite care, hospice care, and more.
Resthave Care & Rehabilitation has also received both the Bronze and Silver National Quality Awards from AHCA/NCAL.
“We feel very blessed and honored to receive this award,” stated Marketing Director Karla Burn. “We have an outstanding team at Resthave that works diligently to provide excellent care to our residents. We also have amazing, supportive communities we are fortunate to serve.”
Left-to-right below are personnel winners of IHCA awards: Susan Donahue, Director of Nursing; Jill Smith, Health Administrator of the Year; Karla Burn, Marketing Director.
The Illinois Health Care Association’s Excellence Awards Program recognizes the outstanding work going on in long-term care centers around Illinois every day. This award is prestigious. It is judged on a variety of criteria, including quality measures, Five-Star rating,s and resident and staff satisfaction survey information. It focuses on the quality of care being administered in long-term care centers, as well as the various processes and procedures that are put in place to ensure our member centers are continuously working on quality improvement and resident-centered care.