About AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Awards
 In 2008, the AMDA Foundation partnered with Evercare to create the AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Awards for “Improving the Quality of Life for Persons Living in Nursing Homes” awards program. The 2009 AMDA Foundation//Evercare® Awards were presented at the national AMDA Symposium in Charlotte, NC, March 5-8, 2009.
These awards are based on programs nursing facilities have implemented and emonstrated to improve the quality of life for their long term care residents. Three awards of $10,000 each are provided; at least one of the awards is given specifically for improved advanced care planning and/or palliative care programs. Each awardee will present their award-winning program at a session during the AMDA Annual Symposium in Long Beach, CA in March 2010.
Types of programs might include:
- Patient safety initiatives – reducing falls, medication errors
- Reduction of avoidable ER visits and acute hospitalizations
- Improved consistency of staffing
- Improved comprehensive advanced care planning
- Improved palliative care programs
All nursing home facilities are eligible for the awards. Facilities may be for profit or not for profit and/or individual facility, regional chain, or national chain. In order for the program to be eligible, the program must be internally generated and funded by the nursing home facility; have demonstrated measurable outcomes and objectives and have proven sustainability and ability to be replicated in other facilities.
Applying Online - The application deadline is November 6, 2009. Please check back in mid-July 2009 for our online application.
All completed applications must be submitted electronically. To submit your online application you'll need to first attend to the following preparation:
Document Uploads
The 2010 AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Awards Online Application requires that you also obtain, complete as necessary and upload the following documents:
- Current copy of state/federal survey results;
- Letter of Support from the medical director for the facility/institution;
- A completed AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Awards Project Proposal; and
- A completed AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Awards Detailed Budget.
Documents of the following types are acceptable for uploading: ms-word; pdf; rtf; ms-excel; ms-powerpoint; ms-works; text; and zip. Documents for uploading must not exceed 6,144KB in size (6 megabytes).
Obtaining the Documents to Upload
- The state/federal survey results document may be obtained at the facility where the project was conducted or you may go to www.medicare.gov for survey results.
- The Letter of Support must be from the medical director for the facility/institution where the project was conducted. The letter must affirm that the program was (1) internally generated and funded by the nursing home facility; (2) demonstrated measurable outcomes and objectives; and (3) proven sustainability and ability to be replicated in other facilities. These three points must be addressed in the letter or the application will not be considered.
- The remaining two forms (MS Word format) may be obtained by downloading the documents from the links below. After you have completed the forms, please save the completed forms on your computer so you may attach them with your application.
Please note that you must be logged in to the web site to access the application page.
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