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CAHF AWARDS PROGRAM

Distinguished Service Award
The Distinguished Service Award is designed to recognize individual CAHF members – both providers and associates – who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to the goals of CAHF and fostered the highest professional ideals.
Past Winners

Life Membership
Life Membership in CAHF is designed to provide lasting recognition to those who have provided outstanding or exemplary service to the association through involvement at the chapter and state level, as well as providing community service.
Past Recipients

Volunteer of the Year (Youth, Adult and Group Categories)
The Volunteer of the Year awards recognize youth, adult and group volunteers who contribute their time and effort to residents of long-term care facilities.
Past Winners - 2003     2004     2005     2006

Excellence in Programming Awards
The Excellence in Programming Awards recognize individual facilities for superior achievement in key areas of long-term care, such as activity programs, community involvement, family involvement, quality assurance, resident councils, special services and staff development.
Past Winners - 2002     2003     2004     2005     2006
Nomination Information

Facility Super Stars
The Facility Superstars Awards recognize employees of CAHF member facilities who have 10 or more years of service and have dedicated their lives to long-term care. The top 20 nominees are selected by CAHF's Board of Directors to receive the award and attend the awards ceremony.
Past Winners - 2003     2004     2005     2006
Nomination Information

Nurse of the Year
The Nurse of the Year award is designed to recognize an outstanding registered nurse who has dedicated her or his professional career to the field of long-term care.
Nomination Information

Showcase Awards
The Showcase Awards are designed to recognize facility, company, chapter or regional efforts promoting the positive image of long-term care.
CAHF's Showcase awards are presented at the Annual meeting in Palm Springs and will recognize community events in the following three categories:
  — Community event
  — Media event
  — Grassroots effort
Nomination Information (MS Word version) (Acrobat version)

Thomas E. Spindle Memorial Award
CAHF's most prestigious award, the Thomas E. Spindle Memorial Award recognizes an association member who has devoted considerable time and knowledge and provided exemplary service to CAHF at the facility, chapter and state-wide levels.
Past Winners
Nomination Information

CAHF's Volunteer of the Year, Distinguished Service and Life Member Awards are presented at the QCHF Institute/CAHF Summer Conference. CAHF begins accepting nominations for these awards in April.

CAHF's Excellence in Programming, Facility SuperStar, Nurse of the Year, Showcase Awards and Thomas E. Spindle Awards are presented at CAHF's Annual Convention in November. CAHF begins accepting nominations for these awards in late July.

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