13 Gardant Communities Achieve 2024 AHCA/NCAL Bronze National Quality Award

KANKAKEE, Ill., June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Thirteen assisted living communities managed by Gardant have been recognized as 2025 recipients of the Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) for their commitment to improving the lives of residents through quality care. The distinction is the first of three progressive award levels through the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program. The program, presented by the leading association in long term and post-acute care, honors providers across the country that have demonstrated their commitment to improving quality of care for our nation's seniors and people with disabilities.

The Gardant-managed communities to be honored with 2025 Bronze Awards are as follows:

Carriage Court of Grove City

This is their first time winning this award. Carriage Court of Grove City is an affordable assisted living community located in Grove City, Ohio. It has a total of 57 private apartments. The community is designed to serve low-income adults 65 years of age and older.

St. Anthony of Lansing

Located in Lansing, Illinois, St. Anthony is an affordable assisted living community designed to serve adults 65 years of age and older. It houses a total of 125 private apartments.

Oasis at 30th

Featuring 124 private apartments, Oasis at 30th of Indianapolis, Indiana is an affordable assisted living community and designed to serve adults 55 years of age and older.

Heritage Woods of Benton

Heritage Woods of Benton is located in Benton, Illinois. The affordable assisted living community is designed to serve adults 65 years of age and older. It has a total of 100 studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments.

Oasis at 56th

Oasis at 56th is an affordable assisted living community located in Indianapolis, Indiana. With 124 private apartments, the community is designed to serve adults 62 years of age and older.

Heritage Woods of McHenry

Located in McHenry, Illinois, Heritage Woods is an affordable assisted living community that serves adults 65 years of age and older. It features 100 private apartments.

Brookstone Estates of Mattoon North

Located in Mattoon, Illinois, Brookstone Estates is designed to serve adults 65 years and older who need some help to maintain their independence. Brookstone Estates of Mattoon North features a total of 47 private apartments.

Grand Prairie of Macomb

Located in Macomb, Illinois, Grand Prairie is designed to serve adults 65 years of age and older. They have a total of 86 private apartments.

Heritage Woods of Rockford

Heritage Woods of Rockford opened in the fall of 2007 and is especially designed to serve the older adult. This building features studio and one-bedroom apartments, and the community offers a full spectrum of services that help seniors embrace their independence.

Heritage Woods of Belvidere

Heritage Woods of Belvidere is in Belvidere, Illinois and is designed to service adults 65 years of age and older. It offers a total of 120 private apartments.

Brookstone Estates of Rantoul

Located in Rantoul, Illinois, Brookstone Estates is an assisted living community serves those 65 years of age and older. It features a total of 46 private apartments.

Heritage Woods of Noblesville

The community, which is designed to serve adults 62 and older of all incomes who need some help to maintain their independence, is in Noblesville, Indiana. Heritage Woods has a total of 94 private apartments.

Oak Hill Supportive Living

Oak Hill is designed to serve adults 65 and older of all incomes who may need some assistance to maintain their independence. Oak Hill Supportive Living houses 94 private studio and one-bedroom apartments.

In the past five years, 82 assisted living and memory care communities managed by Gardant have been recognized with Bronze awards.

"We are extremely proud of the accomplishment of portion of our portfolio receiving an AHCA/NCAL's Bronze Quality Award," says Julie Simpkins, Co-CEO of Gardant. "This recognition is due to the dedicated efforts provided by the staff and management teams at these communities throughout the year, and it is indicative of their dedication to serving residents and committing to ongoing quality improvement. We are extremely thankful every day for their compassion and dedication!"

Created by AHCA/NCAL in 1996, the National Quality Award Program is a rigorous three-level process that is reviewed and judged 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 to improve quality of life and care of long term care residents and staff. 

Providers begin the quality improvement process at the Bronze level, where they develop an organizational profile with essential performance elements such as vision, mission statement, and key strengths and challenges. Bronze applicants must also demonstrate their ability to implement a sustainable performance improvement system. Trained examiners review each application to determine if the center has met the demands of the criteria. As recipients of the Bronze - Commitment to Quality award, these communities may now move forward in developing approaches and achieving advanced levels of performance that meet the Silver - Achievement in Quality award criteria.

"Receiving this award marks the beginning of an exciting journey towards excellence," said Cathy Bergland, AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Board Chair. "Congratulations to Gardant-managed communities for this significant achievement. I encourage you to take some time to celebrate and continue striving for higher levels of quality and performance."

The National Quality Awards will be presented during Delivering Solutions 25, the AHCA/NCAL Convention & Expo, October 19-22, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

ABOUT GARDANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

Gardant Management Solutions was built on the foundation that operating communities with dignity, compassion and enriched services would drive financial results. Our expertise in developing & operating environments that inspire vitality in our residents will create tangible business value for you.

We applaud figures 82 awards received from our communities that have achieved Bronze Award status in the past five years. We appreciate their commitment to quality improvement and to our mission of enriching the lives of residents by providing them with the Love, Compassion, and Dignity they deserve in addition to the personal assistance, help with medications, and support services they need.

18 Gardant-Managed communities won the Bronze Award in 2024 which include Brookstone Estates of Effingham, Brookstone Estates of Harrisburg, Brookstone Estates of Fairfield, Brookstone Estates of Paris, Brookstone Estates of Robinson, Brookstone Estates of Tuscola, Brookstone Estates of Vandalia, Carriage Court of Washington Court House, Evergreen Village at Fort Wayne, Grand Victorian of Rockford, Grand Victorian of Sycamore, Glasswater Creek of Plainfield, Heritage Woods of Bolingbrook, Heritage Woods of Dwight, Heritage Woods of Mt. Vernon, Heritage Woods of South Elgin, Lacey Creek, and Prairie Winds of Urbana.

14 Gardant-Managed communities won the Bronze Award in 2023 which include Belvedere Senior Housing, Bowman Estates of Danville, Evergreen Village at Bloomington, Heritage Woods of Batavia, Heritage Woods of DeKalb, Heritage Woods of Flora, Heritage Woods of Huntley, Heritage Woods of Manteno, Heritage Woods of Moline, Heritage Woods of Plainfield, Heritage Woods of Yorkville, John Evans Supportive Living, Montclare Supportive Living Community and Vivera Senior Living.

9 Gardant-Managed communities won the Bronze Award in 2022 which include Churchview Supportive Living, Gateway of River City, Gull Creek, Heritage Woods of Chicago, Heritage Woods of Gurnee, Heritage Woods of Newburgh, Heritage Woods of Rockford, Heritage Woods of Sterling, and Oasis at 30^th.

15 Gardant-Managed communities won the Bronze Award in 2021 which include Cedar Grove, Cambridge House of Maryville, Cambridge House of O'Fallon, Deer Path of Huntley, Eagle Ridge of Decatur, Grand Prairie of Macomb, Heritage Woods of Bolingbrook, Heritage Woods of McHenry, Heritage Woods of Noblesville, Heritage Woods of Ottawa, Heritage Woods of Watseka, Lacey Creek, Oasis at 56^th, Prairie Winds of Urbana, and White Oaks at McHenry.

26 Gardant-managed communities won the Bronze Award in 2020 including Belvedere Senior Housing, Cambridge House of Swansea, Evergreen Village at Bloomington, Glasswater Creek of Lafayette, Hellenic Senior Living of Indianapolis, Hellenic Senior Living of New Albany, Heritage Woods of Batavia, Heritage Woods of Belvidere, Heritage Woods of Benton, Heritage Woods of Centralia, Heritage Woods of Charleston, Heritage Woods of DeKalb, Heritage Woods of Dwight, Heritage Woods of Freeport, Heritage Woods of Huntley, Heritage Woods of Manteno, Heritage Woods of Minooka, Heritage Woods of Moline, Heritage Woods of Mt. Vernon, Heritage Woods of Plainfield, Heritage Woods of South Elgin, Heritage Woods of Yorkville, St. Anthony of Lansing, The Lodge at Summers Pointe, White Oaks at Heritage Woods of South Elgin, and White Oaks at Spring Street.

For more information about the Bronze Award, click here.

ABOUT AHCA/NCAL

The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) represents more than 15,000 non-profit and proprietary skilled nursing centers, assisted living communities, sub-acute centers, and homes for individuals with intellectual and development disabilities. By delivering solutions for quality care, AHCA/NCAL aims to improve the lives of the millions of frail, elderly and individuals with disabilities who receive long term or post-acute care in our member facilities each day. For more information, please visit www.ahcancal.org.

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