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AHCA honors volunteers and heroes for 2006.


The American Health Care Association The American Health Care Association (AHCA) is non-profit federation of affiliated state health organizations, together representing more than 10,000 non-profit and for-profit assisted living, nursing facility, developmentally-disabled, and subacute care providers that care for  (AHCA AHCA Agency for Health Care Administration
AHCA American Health Care Association
AHCA American Hockey Coaches Association
AHCA American Highland Cattle Association
AHCA Australian Health Care Agreement
AHCA Austin Healey Club of America
) and the National Center for Assisted Living as·sist·ed living
n.
A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication.
 (NCAL NCAL Northern California
NCAL National Center on Adult Literacy
NCAL National Center for Assisted Living
) announced their 2006 Volunteers of the Year award winners, as well as the AHCA DD Hero of the Year. All winners received their awards in October during the AHCA/NCAL Annual Convention and Exposition in San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. .

Group Volunteer of the Year

Medcenter One Golden Manor Auxiliary

Medcenter One Golden Manor

Steele, ND

Standing, from left: Elaine Bodvig, Emma Stroh, Alice Dewitz, Alvina Martin, Phyllis Cusey, Lucille Bowerman Seated, from left: Lydia Jensen, Arline Smith, Rachel Dekrey, Audrey Aurit

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Adult Volunteer of the Year

Debbie Chadwick

Life Care Center of Missionary Ridge

Chattanooga, TN

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Young Adult Volunteer of the Year

Michael Stidham (12 years old)

Covered Bridge Health Campus

Seymour, IN

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DD Hero of the Year

Cleeta Coffman

Administrator

Country Lane

Beggs, OK

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Title Annotation:INDUSTRY UPDATE
Publication:Contemporary Long Term Care
Date:Nov 1, 2006
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