[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22887]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




IN RECOGNITION OF THE BRUCE McCANDLESS COLORADO STATE VETERANS NURSING 
                                  HOME

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                           HON. DOUG LAMBORN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 26, 2008

  Mr. LAMBORN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the recent 
accomplishments of the Bruce McCandless Colorado State Veterans Nursing 
Home. This superior performing facility is the recipient of the highly 
coveted American Health Care Association and National Center for 
Assisted Living's (AHCA/NCAL) Quality Award and is the Nation's first 
state veterans nursing home accepted into the Eden Alternative 
Registry. The Eden Alternative Registry is a grass roots non-profit 
organization whose core value centers on a holistic belief of quality 
care and empowerment of the aging.
   For over 32 years, the Bruce McCandless Colorado State Veterans 
Nursing Home has been providing 24-hour, skilled nursing care to 
veterans and their families, and I am proud to commend them on their 
well-deserved achievements. Their superiority is exhibited not only by 
being one of four long-term care facility award recipients in Colorado, 
but as one of only 312 long-term care facilities in the United States 
to have qualified for the AHCA/NCAL Step I award.
   These prestigious accomplishments exemplify the Bruce McCandless 
Colorado State Veterans Nursing Home's commitment to providing the very 
best of care to some of our Nation's finest--our veterans. Their 
continuous strive to meet the needs of their residents clearly 
demonstrates a strong commitment to continuous quality improvement and 
I am pleased to have this facility within both my district and the 
great state of Colorado.

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