VHS Awards

- Back

Jack Vetter Receives First-Ever
"Friend of the AHCA Quality Program" Award

Washington, D.C. - Jack Vetter, President of Vetter Health Services, received the first "Friend of the AHCA Quality Program" award at the 52nd Annual AHCA/NCAL convention in Boston, MA. The new award was created to honor the unique contribution of an individual who furthers the success of the Quality Award Program. This national awards program recognizes quality nursing facilities and assisted living residences and is a premier event at the annual convention.

Jack Vetter was chosen to win this new award due to his tireless work with the quality program. It is in part due to his unwavering dedication and loyalty to the program that has helped it flourish. During the past four years, Jack has demonstrated his commitment to AHCA's Quality Award and has been a vocal supporter of the award and for quality care in nursing facilities. He has given countless hours to the program working with and training judges. And this year, Jack showed his support by hosting the first-ever multi-day training program to train new judges for the program, which greatly improved the training process and cohesion of the judges. "The degree to which the judges were able to conduct thorough evaluations of the applications is largely due to Jack's commitment and generosity," said Dale Thompson, Executive Vice President of Business Development and Advocacy at Benedictine Health System, as he presented Jack with the award.

AHCA's Quality Award is modeled after the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award, which is the nation's premier recognition for quality achievement. AHCA's award is designed to support continuous quality improvement efforts in the long-term care profession by promoting quality awareness and education, and to recognize outstanding achievements.
Jack began his career as the administrator of a 55-bed nursing home in 1966 and started Vetter Health Services in 1975. He is the president of Vetter Health Services in Omaha, Nebraska, which owns and manages 31 facilities in the Midwest. Jack has been elected to the board of the Nebraska Health Care Association for more than 13 years and was president of the association for six years ending in 1991. Jack is also a member of the American College of Nursing Home Administrators.

Vetter Health Services is known for operations guided by quality and values. Their quest for quality goes far beyond the minimum standards required by state and federal regulations. The goal is to provide the best health care possible for the residents at each facility they own and manage. To meet these future and ever-changing needs of our senior population, Vetter Health Services is continuously developing and adopting unique concepts such as "caring households for seniors," silent call systems, new concepts in memory support centers, and the Eden Alternative philosophy, as well as other innovative changes in this growing industry.

The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living represent nearly 12,000 non-profit and for-profit nursing facilities, assisted living residences, subacute centers and homes for people with mental retardation or developmental disabilities. These facilities, residences, centers and homes provide care to more than one million elderly and disabled individuals nationally. Members of AHCA and NCAL are long-term care providers who believe that the individuals they serve are entitled to a supportive environment in which professional and compassionate care is delivered in a safe and secure setting.

- Back