Boutin of Avalon Health Center Receives Industry Leadership Award

Allen Boutin, administrator of Avalon Health Center at StoneRidge in Mystic, has been honored by the American College of Health Care Administrators with the 2020 Eli Pick Facility Leadership Award. Boutin is one of 78 administrators in 23 states that will receive the award at the organization’s Annual Convocation and Exposition in New Orleans in September.

The Eli Pick Facility Leadership Award recognizes administrators who provide leadership excellence. Eligibility for this award is based on three years of skilled nursing facility survey data, including the health, fire safety and complaint surveys, as well as top quartile performance on designated quality measures. The criteria also include at least an 80 percent (or greater) occupancy and a three-year avoidance of a Special Focus Facility Status.

This industry recognition is named in honor of Eli Pick of DesPlaines, Illinois, who served as executive director of the Ballard Rehabilitation Center for more than 30 years. Pick was beloved by his residents and their families and was dedicated to advancing professionalism and leadership in long-term care.

About ACHCA

Founded in 1962, the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) is the only professional association devoted solely to meeting the professional needs of today’s long-term care administrators and executives. ACHCA’s mission focuses on advancing leadership excellence in long-term care through the provision of leadership education, promotion of professional advancement programs such as fellowship and the organization’s keystone mentoring program. ACHCA’s diverse membership includes administrators from across the continuum of post-acute and aging services care.

About Avalon Health Center

The CMS five-star rated Avalon Health Center at StoneRidge provides compassionate, personal, 24-hour-a-day skilled nursing care for both short and long-term residents, as well as memory care at the Cottage at Avalon, a rehabilitative therapy center. Located on the StoneRidge campus, just off Jerry Browne Road in Mystic, Avalon is proximate to Backus, L&M, and Westerly Hospitals, providing easy access for visiting physicians.