Assisted Living Executive Announces 2009 Best of the Best Award Winners

Companies recognized for innovations and best practices in senior living

Contact: Marlene Hendrickson
703.914.9200, ext. 24 or mhendrickson@alfa.org


For Immediate Release – Alexandria, VA – Assisted Living Executive, the flagship magazine of the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA), reveals the winners of ALFA’s 2009 Best of the Best Awards. All 20 award-winning strategies are profiled in the magazine’s May/June issue. The annual Best of the Best Awards recognize senior living companies for the most innovative operational excellence strategies in the past year.

“These innovations recognize companies that have put their imaginations to work to continually improve and streamline operations, enhance resident care and services, train and retain quality employees, and much more,” says ALFA President and CEO Richard P. Grimes. “Plus, the industry-wide benefit of the Best of the Best Awards is the program’s ability to multiply excellence as these and other companies in senior living adopt these best practices as their own. 

The companies honored with 2009 Best of the Best Awards are:

•    Benchmark Assisted Living, Wellesley, Massachusetts (two awards)
•    BPM Senior Living, Portland, Oregon
•    Brightview Senior Living, Baltimore, Maryland
•    Brookdale Senior Living, Chicago, Illinois (three awards)
•    Castle Country Assisted Living, Castle Rock, Colorado
•    Country Meadows Retirement Communities, Hershey, Pennsylvania (two awards)
•    Emeritus Senior Living, Seattle, Washington
•    Five Star Senior Living, Newton, Massachusetts
•    Hoffman SummerWood Community, West Hartford, Connecticut
•    Maristone Senior Living, Nashville, Tennessee
•    Pathway Senior Living, Des Plaines, Illinois
•    The Greens at Cannondale, Wilton, Connecticut
•    The Orchards at Bartley Assisted Living, Jackson, New Jersey
•    Signature Senior Living, Irving, Texas
•    Sunrise Senior Living, McLean, Virginia (two awards)

This year’s Best of the Best Awards competition received the most submissions since the program’s debut three years ago. Companies submitted answers to a brief questionnaire available on the ALFA Web site along with narratives about their innovative business practices.

For details about each winning strategy, see the cover story of Assisted Living Executive’s May/June 2009 issue. Winners also are honored during the ALFA 2009 Conference & Expo, May 5-7, at the Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia. 

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About the Assisted Living Federation of America: ALFA is the largest national association exclusively dedicated to professionally managed assisted living communities for seniors. ALFA serves as the voice for senior living and advocates for informed choice, quality care, and accessibility for all Americans needing assistance with long-term care. Go to www.alfa.org for more information.

About Assisted Living Executive magazine: The flagship publication of ALFA, Assisted Living Executive reaches more than 20,000 C-level and senior executives. Published six times per year, the magazine focuses on best practices and strategic solutions that advance operational excellence for senior living companies. Assisted Living Executive is an ALFA membership benefit and is also available by subscription. Go to www.alfa.org for details.