Fairmont, Minnesota

"A Great Place to Call Home"

Awards

January 27th, 2010 - Welcome Home Management Company is proud to recognize the senior living communities who have achieved high level of excellence in senior living. Criteria for the award include employment best practices and employee satisfaction, resident and family satisfaction, resident and staff safety, financial performance, matching resident needs to care plans throughout a resident’s stay, and overall occupancy.  Each of the performance objectives is to assure the proper and desired level of service is provided.  Best Community Awards for the calendar year of 2009 went to Garnette Gardens of Redwood Falls, Minnesota; Goldfinch Estates of Fairmont, Minnesota; Windmill Ponds of Alexandria, Minnesota; and Twin Town Villa, of Breckenridge, Minnesota.

The awards were presented at our Annual Winter Conference in Hutchinson, Minnesota on January 27th, 2010.

January 27th, 2009 - Welcome Home Health Care announced that Potter Ridge of Red Wing, Minnesota; Garnette Gardens of Redwood Falls, Minnesota; and Goldfinch Estates of Fairmont, Minnesota were awarded the companies highest honor of Best Community Award for the calendar year 2008.  Potter Ridge and Garnette Gardens are two-time award winners.  This is Goldfinch Estates first year winning the award.  The Award was made at the company’s annual meeting at Breezy Point, Minnesota at the end of January.

Criteria for the award include employment best practices and employee satisfaction, resident and family satisfaction, resident and staff safety, financial performance, matching resident needs to care plans throughout a resident’s stay, and overall occupancy.  Each of the performance objectives is to assure the proper and desired level of service is provided.

• Accepting the award on behalf of Goldfinch Estates was Mary Larson, Director of Resident Services and Colleen Miller, RN/Director of Health Services at Goldfinch Estates.  Goldfinch Estates is managed by Welcome Home Management, Inc. of Hutchinson, MN and is a community based non-profit organization.  Please visit their community here.