ACHCA gives award to LCA founder
The American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) is a defender and apologist for administrators of nursing homes. The ACHCA gave their Excellence in Leadership Award to Forrest Preston, founder and chairman of Life Care Centers of America saying he has "made a great impact on long-term care . . .." With all the well-publicized problems with facilities operated by Life Care Centers of America, it is incredible that anyone would give this crook an award. See press release here.
The ACHCA has lost any credibility that others might have thought they should have by giving an award to the chairman of Life Care Centers of America. Preston has been an active supporter of ACHCA for more than two decades, directing all Life Care executive directors to become paid members of ACHCA and to achieve certification through this organization.
“Life Care Centers of America sponsors an average of 40 people annually to become licensed administrators through its administrators-in-training program,” said Guy Crosson, board member of ACHCA and executive director at Life Care Center of Red Bank in Chattanooga, Tenn.
