More Awards and Congratulations to the Nevada State Veterans Home

By Robert Kidd, Perry Foundation President

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.  The Endeavor Awards honor and recognize individuals who excel in providing outstanding care.

Poppy Helgren, Director of Nursing Services at the Nevada State Veterans Home, was named Outstanding Nurse Leader!

Linda Gelinger, Administrator for the Nevada State Veterans Home, was named Administrator of the Year!

As President of the Perry Foundation, I believe it is important to recognize the people who take care of our loved ones and work tirelessly in doing so. They often work hard with little or no recognition because they are passionate about caregiving.

Just recently, the Nevada State Veterans Home also learned it has maintained the highest rating possible by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) a Five-Star Quality Rating. CMS created the Five-Star Quality Rating System to help consumers, their families and caregivers compare nursing homes more easily and to help identify areas about which you may want to ask questions.

Nursing homes with the Five-Star rating are considered to have above average quality in care.

For more information on the CMS Five-Star quality Rating System visit:

https://www.cms.gov/medicare/provider-enrollment-and-certification/certificationandcomplianc/fsqrs.html