The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) announced that 22 Good Samaritan locations received the 2026 Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award. This recognition signifies a location’s 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 Award Program. The program honors long term and post-acute care providers across the nation that have demonstrated their dedication to enhancing quality care for the residents they serve.
“This recognition underscores the commitment and dedication of our Good Samaritan caregivers who think of and treat our residents like family,” said DeeAndra Sandgren, Good Samaritan chief nursing officer. “Providing high-quality care is at the heart of what we do and it’s a responsibility we are privileged to provide in America’s heartland. It’s truly an honor to serve and care for our nation’s seniors.”
Good Samaritan skilled nursing locations receiving the award:
- Good Samaritan Society – Fort Collins Village, Fort Collins, Colorado
- Good Samaritan Society – Loveland Village, Loveland, Colorado
- Good Samaritan Society – Ottumwa, Ottumwa, Iowa
- Good Samaritan Society – Forest City, Forest City, Iowa
- Good Samaritan Society – Estherville, Estherville, Iowa
- Good Samaritan Society – George, George, Iowa
- Good Samaritan Society – Algona, Algona, Iowa
- Good Samaritan Society – Villisca, Villisca, Iowa
- Good Samaritan Society –Beatrice, Beatrice, Nebraska
- Good Samaritan Society – Maplewood, Maplewood, Minnesota
- Good Samaritan Society – Grand Island Village, Grand Island, Nebraska
- Good Samaritan Society – St. John’s, Kearney, Nebraska
- Good Samaritan Society – Howard, Howard, South Dakota
- Good Samaritan Society – Olathe, Olathe, Kansas
Good Samaritan assisted living locations receiving the award:
- Good Samaritan Society – Hearthstone Assisted Living, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Good Samaritan Society – Fort Collins Village, Fort Collins, Colorado
- Good Samaritan Society – Bethany, Brainerd, Minnesota
- Good Samaritan Society – Heritage Grove, East Grand Forks, Minnesota
- Good Samaritan Society – Northwinds, International Falls, Minnesota
- Good Samaritan Society – The Pines, Jackson, Minnesota
- Good Samaritan Society – Grand Island Village, Grand Island, Nebraska
- Good Samaritan Society – Samaritan Springs, Beatrice, Nebraska
The AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program is a 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 this quality improvement journey at the Bronze level, where they develop an organizational profile outlining key elements such as their vision, mission, customer base, and core strengths and challenges.
“Earning the Bronze Quality Award reflects a strong commitment to continuous improvement and delivering quality care every day,” said AHCA/NCAL President & CEO Clif Porter. “Congratulations to this year’s recipients for taking this important step in the quality journey. We are excited to see all they will accomplish in the years ahead.”
This year, 893 long-term care providers in all 50 states achieved a Bronze National Quality Award. Bronze recipients may now move forward to the Silver – Achievement in Quality award criteria.
The awards will be presented during AHCA/NCAL’s Convention & Expo Oct. 11-14 in Boston.
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