Teamwork, communication, quality care and a genuine compassion for others make our employees — and Superior Care Home — better than all the rest.Award-Winning Care Counts
Over and over, Superior Care Home tops the charts for excellence in long-term care and short-term rehabilitation. It’s an honor and privilege to offer the best skilled nursing and rehabilitation care in the state of Kentucky — right here in Paducah. We have twice been recognized as Kentucky’s Facility of the Year, the highest honor a facility, its staff and residents can receive.
Achieving excellence is often challenging and a lot of hard work. But there’s nothing we would rather do. The greatest reward comes from serving our residents — enriching their lives and making a difference every day.
Below is a sampling of the many awards and accolades we’ve received throughout the years. They are symbols of the compassion and care we provide our residents each and every day.
2011 Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities Awards
Doralyn Warren, RN, Director of Nursing - Kentucky Health Care Foundation Scholarship
Rachel English, Western District Activity Director of the Year
2010 Bronze Commitment to Quality Award
Superior Care Home is a proud recipient of The Bronze Commitment to Quality Award. Given by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), a trade organization with approximately 11,000 members nationwide,
The Bronze Award is the first step in a National Quality Award program providing a pathway for providers of long-term and post-acute care services to journey toward performance excellence. Facilities begin their quality journey at the bronze level, where they are asked to develop an organizational profile, including their vision and mission statements, their ability to improve process, and awareness of their environment and customers’ expectations.
2010 Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities Administrator of The Year
Superior Care Home administrator/owner, Helen Sims was awarded The Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities Administrator of The Year award for 2010. KAHCF strives to recognize administrators for outstanding contributions to their facility, their community and the long term care profession. KAHCF recognizes those individuals that have demonstrated the highest professional standards as a long term care administrator.
2009 Kentucky Initiative for Quality Nursing Home Standards (KYIQ) Best Practices Award
The Kentucky Initiative for Quality Nursing Home Standards (KYIQ) awarded The KYIQ Best Practices Award to Superior Care Home at a facility ceremony and luncheon September 15, 2009. The Award is presented to facilities in recognition of exemplary best practices that serve as a model for other nursing homes to adopt in order to enhance the quality of care for all residents. KYIQ is an independent, non-profit citizen's advocacy group focused on broadening public awareness of the need to preserve the dignity, physical care and mental well being of nursing home residents. For more information on KYIQ, visit www.kyiq.org.
2009 American College of Health Care Administrators National Leadership Award
Administrator/owner, Helen Sims received one of ten National Leadership Awards from the American College of Health Care Administrators. The award recognizes, honors and showcases exemplary facility leadership for top-ranked facilities who have demonstrated clinical achievement, customer service, compliance excellence, liability exposure reduction and operational success.
2008 Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities (KAHCF) Awards
Teresa Nance, SRNA, Nursing Assistant of The Year, Western District
Judy Sledd, Dietary Manager of The Year, Western District
2007 Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities (KAHCF) Awards
Doralyn Warren, RN, Director of Nursing of The Year, Western District
2006 Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities (KAHCF) Facility of the Year
In November 2006, The Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities honored Superior Care Home as Kentucky’s Facility of the Year. It is the most prestigious honor a facility, its staff and residents can receive. The award is given in recognition of outstanding achievement and extraordinary excellence in resident care and community service. This is the second time we have been crowned Kentucky’s top nursing facility, receiving the award for the first time in 1982, just ten years after opening our doors to the Paducah community.
2006 Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities (KAHCF) Nelda Barton Collings Community Service Award
Helen Sims, Administrator/Owner was awarded the Nelda Barton Collings Community Service award. KAHCF occasionally honors an individual who has distinguished himself or herself as a community leader through involvement in civic and political groups. This award is named for Nelda Barton Collings, a woman who was active both in the long term care profession and on boards and executive committees of philanthropic and business organizations. She was the first recipient of the award in 1992.
2006 Paducah Professional and Business Women Woman of Distinction
Helen Sims, Administrator/Owner won the Paducah Professional and Business Women Woman of Distinction award in 2006.
2006 Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities (KAHCF) Awards
Facility of The Year, Western District
Innovative Program Award, Western District
Community Outreach Award, Western District
Doralyn Warren, RN - Director of Nursing of The Year, Western District
