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Midlands Living Center is a locally owned 94-bed skilled nursing facility, located on the north edge of Council Bluffs. We provide both short- and long-term care, specialized nursing care, rehabilitation, respite care, and hospice. We strive to meet the physical, social, emotional, recreational, and spiritual needs of all residents. From onsite therapy services to exciting activity programs, we have much to offer you and your loved ones. According to Nursing Home Compare, Midlands is rated much above average in quality of resident care and much above average overall. For more information, visit Nursing Home Compare. We are proud to be one of the two nursing facilities in Council Bluffs that is locally owned and operated, not run by an out-of-town corporation. Our local roots keep our time, energy, and money in the community and help us to deliver high quality care with a true personal touch. Midlands Living Center provides skilled nursing care, specializing in rehabilitative and restorative services. Our 100+ employees include Certified Nursing Aides, Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Nurses, Registered Dietitians, a Nurse Practitioner, and Medical Director. We also work closely with a range of specialists, including optometrists, podiatrists, and physicians, and the best physical, occupational, and speech therapy professionals in the area. Midlands Living Center cares deeply about our local community. We have frequent Community Service days to generate donations of cash, food, clothing items, school supplies, pet food, and blood for Red Cross blood drives. Local agencies benefitting from these community service events include: Alzheimer's Association, Micah House, Salvation Army, New Visions Homeless Shelter, CB Community School District, Avenue Scholars of Southwest Iowa, Iowa West Foundation, Iowa Western Community College, and VODEC. |
About the American Health Care Association National Quality Award Program
The American Health Care Association (AHCA) National Quality Award Program is a progressive, three-step process that encourages the continuous learning, development, and execution of integrated quality systems to achieve performance excellence. Each progressive step requires a more detailed and comprehensive demonstration of quality integration and performance. The criteria for each step are based on the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. The National Quality Award Program has three progressive levels: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. At the Silver level, recipients have met the criteria for the Bronze award and can now move on to the final and most prestigious level of the program, the Gold – Excellence in Quality Award. Trained examiners review each application to determine if the center has met the demands of the criteria.
About the AHCA Levels
Bronze—Commitment to Quality Award applicants that receive the Bronze Award are able to describe their mission, characteristics, and key challenges and to recognize the relationship of these factors to their ability to achieve performance improvement. The Bronze Award recognizes the provider for developing a foundation to begin a journey of continuous quality improvement and does not necessarily correspond to any public measure of performance. The American Health Care Association (AHCA) represents more than 14,000 skilled nursing centers, assisted living communities, sub-acute centers, and homes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. By delivering solutions for quality care, AHCA aims to improve the lives of the nearly 5 million seniors and individuals with disabilities who receive long term or post-acute care in our facilities each year.
Silver - At the Silver Award level, applicants continue to learn and develop effective approaches that help improve performance and health care outcomes. The Silver criteria, based on the Baldrige Excellence Framework, provide applicants with a thorough assessment of how their organization works, its effectiveness, and tools for improvement in their approaches. The Silver level gives a clear pathway for recipients moving to the highest honor of recognition, the Gold – Excellence in Quality Award. Applicants must receive a Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award before applying at the Silver level.
Gold - At the Gold Award level, applicants must show superior performance in areas of the criteria including leadership, strategic planning, and customer and staff satisfaction. By completing the Gold level criteria, organizations take their quality journey to a higher level through the valuable feedback received in the application process and thereby reaching organizational goals. Gold applicants address the Baldrige Excellence Framework in its entirety.
The American Health Care Association (AHCA) National Quality Award Program is a progressive, three-step process that encourages the continuous learning, development, and execution of integrated quality systems to achieve performance excellence. Each progressive step requires a more detailed and comprehensive demonstration of quality integration and performance. The criteria for each step are based on the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. The National Quality Award Program has three progressive levels: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. At the Silver level, recipients have met the criteria for the Bronze award and can now move on to the final and most prestigious level of the program, the Gold – Excellence in Quality Award. Trained examiners review each application to determine if the center has met the demands of the criteria.
About the AHCA Levels
Bronze—Commitment to Quality Award applicants that receive the Bronze Award are able to describe their mission, characteristics, and key challenges and to recognize the relationship of these factors to their ability to achieve performance improvement. The Bronze Award recognizes the provider for developing a foundation to begin a journey of continuous quality improvement and does not necessarily correspond to any public measure of performance. The American Health Care Association (AHCA) represents more than 14,000 skilled nursing centers, assisted living communities, sub-acute centers, and homes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. By delivering solutions for quality care, AHCA aims to improve the lives of the nearly 5 million seniors and individuals with disabilities who receive long term or post-acute care in our facilities each year.
Silver - At the Silver Award level, applicants continue to learn and develop effective approaches that help improve performance and health care outcomes. The Silver criteria, based on the Baldrige Excellence Framework, provide applicants with a thorough assessment of how their organization works, its effectiveness, and tools for improvement in their approaches. The Silver level gives a clear pathway for recipients moving to the highest honor of recognition, the Gold – Excellence in Quality Award. Applicants must receive a Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award before applying at the Silver level.
Gold - At the Gold Award level, applicants must show superior performance in areas of the criteria including leadership, strategic planning, and customer and staff satisfaction. By completing the Gold level criteria, organizations take their quality journey to a higher level through the valuable feedback received in the application process and thereby reaching organizational goals. Gold applicants address the Baldrige Excellence Framework in its entirety.