2025 AHCA/NCAL Bronze National Quality Award

Cornerstone Special Care has been recognized as a 2025 recipient of the Bronze– Commitment to Quality Award by the American Health Care Association andNational Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) for its commitment to improving the lives of residents through quality care. This distinction is the first of three progressive award levels through the AHCA/NCAL National Quality AwardProgram. The Program honors providers across the nation that have demonstrated their dedication to enhancing the quality of care for our nation’s elders and individuals with disabilities.

“We are incredibly honored to receive the AHCA/NCAL Bronze National Quality Award," said Melissa Francque, Executive Director. "This achievement reflects the unwavering dedication of our entire team to providing compassionate, high-quality care. It marks an important milestone on our journey of continuous improvement and excellence in service to our residents and their families.”

The AHCA/NCAL National Quality AwardProgram is a rigorous three-level process reviewed and evaluated by trained experts against a set of nationally recognized standards for organizational excellence. The standards of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program help organizations achieve superior performance over time to improve the quality of life and care of long term care residents.

Providers begin the quality improvement journey at theBronze level, where they develop an organizational profile detailing among other elements their vision, mission, key customers, and key strengths and challenges. Bronze applicants must demonstrate the use of a performance improvement system. Trained examiners review each application to determine if a center has met the demands of the criteria. As a recipient of the Bronze -Commitment to Quality award, Cornerstone Special Care may now move forward to the Silver- Achievement in Quality award criteria.

The National Quality Awards will be presented during Delivering Solutions 25, theAHCA/NCAL Convention & Expo, October 19-22, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The 2025 National Quality Award Program is sponsored by AHCA/NCALAssociate Business Members: HealthCap, McKesson, Rosie, Incite WorkforceSolutions Powered by SnapCare, and Prevail by First Quality.