Talley receives ACHCA’s Eli Pick Facility Leadership Award
The American College of Health Care Administrators is proud to honor Cynthia (Cindy) Talley, administrator of Calhoun Health Care, as a 2016 recipient of the ACHCA Eli Pick Facility Leadership Award. The award, named in memory of visionary ACHCA member Eli Pick, recognizes administrators whose teams have achieved dimensions of organizational quality that few others have been able to reach. Two hundred and eighty-eight administrators were awarded leadership awards nationally.
Cindy Talley has been a RN for 26 years, specializing in long term care / geriatric nursing. She received her Nursing Home Administrator licensure in September 200 and assumed the role of Administrator of Calhoun Health Care. Prior to becoming administrator, she served in various other roles at the facility including Director of Nursing for several years.
She is a native of Gordon County, growing up in the Resaca community and is the daughter of Kenneth Parker and Vivian Shugart. She is married to Mitch Talley and they have four children.
“I am very fortunate to be able to live my passion of helping others daily,” said Talley. “I am honored to be recognized by the American College of Health Care Administrators.”
Talley was one of 247 recipients who received the Eli Pick Facility Leadership Award with virtual recognition. This award recognizes the administrator of record who provided leadership throughout the award year. Eligibility for this award is based on three years of skilled nursing facility survey data, including the Health, Fire (Life Safety), and Complaint Surveys, as well as top quartile performance on designated Quality Measures. The criteria also included an 80 percent or greater facility occupancy and a three-year avoidance of a Special Focus Facility status.
The ACHCA firmly believes that post-acute and aging services facility excellence is a reflection of leadership excellence. The prestigious Eli Pick Facility Leadership Award is made possible with the support of eHealth Data Solutions.
Founded in 1962, the American College of Health Care Administrators is the only professional association devoted solely to meeting the professional needs of today’s postacute and aging services leaders. Focused on advancing leadership excellence, ACHCA provides professional education and certification to administrators from across the spectrum of long term care.