Washington, DC — The American Health Care Association (AHCA) today announced its theme for the 2008 National Nursing Home Week observance: “Love is Ageless.” National Nursing Home Week, established by AHCA in 1967, will be celebrated nationwide beginning Mother’s Day, May 11, and continuing through May 17, 2008.
National Nursing Home Week is an opportunity for the profession and individual nursing homes to bring into focus its residents who mean so much to the community and their families, as well as caregivers who give so much of themselves to help those less able to do so. AHCA will produce a National Nursing Home Week kit consisting of an event planning guide, promotional products for this observance, a Presidential proclamation and other useful items for the nursing home staff. The planning guide activities are geared to help Activity and Recreational Directors express the theme in various ways and to various audiences.
As the nation’s largest association of long term and post-acute care providers, the American Health Care Association (AHCA) advocates for quality care and services for frail, elderly and disabled Americans. Compassionate and caring employees provide essential care to one million individuals in our 11,000 not-for-profit and proprietary member facilities.