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Community Awards

Giving back to the community is an important aspect of Alacare. Alacare and its employees have been recognized as leaders in the community, as well as in the homecare industry.

For years, Alacare has participated in many community events including:

  • Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief

  • American Diabetes AssociationWalk-A-Thon

  • Alzheimer's of Central Alabama Walk to Remember

  • Birmingham Hospice Fundraiser

  • American Cancer Society's Relay for Life

  • Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Race for the Cure

  • T-shirt donation to Hillcrest Junior Varsity Cheerleading Squad

  • Aid to Honduras Flood Disaster (1998)

  • Computer Donations to Crestwood Seniors

Alacare is a proud sponsor of these community organizations:

  • Alzheimer's of Central Alabama

  • American Cancer Society, Birmingham Chapter

  • American Diabetes Association, Birmingham Chapter

  • UAB Center for Aging

  • UAB Center for Palliative Care

Individual Service and Corporate Recognition

  • Alacare Home Health & Hospice has been named one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work for 2007 in the 150+ Employee Category by the Birmingham Business Journal

  • Susan Brouillette, CEO, named one of the Top Birmingham Women by the Birmingham Business Journal (2006)

  • Alacare Home Health & Hospice has been named one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work for 2006 in the 150+ Employee Category by the Birmingham Business Journal

  • Alacare accreditation renewed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)

  • The Alacare Plus Palliative Care Team honored with the 2006 Excellence in Teamwork Award by the National Council of Hospice and Palliative Professionals

  • Penny Shadinger, Program Liaison, named Home Health Star Liaison by national home health industry publication …home health line as the top sales or marketing professional of the year (2006)

  • Melody Tipton, Huntsville Branch Director, installed as a charter member of the National Coalition 100 Black Women in Huntsville (2005)

  • John G. Beard, President honored at the 2005 Benefit for the UAB Center for Palliative Care for his longstanding commitment to making palliative care available to patients in the Birmingham area and around the state

  • Teresa Hardy, Director of Palliative Care, receives the UAB School of Nursing's Jo Ann Barnett Award for Compassionate Nursing Care (2005)

  • OCS Vision Award for Operational Achievement recognizing home care organizations for strategic and innovative use of Outcome Concept Systems (OCS) quality-management products in furthering agency performance (2005)

  • Christy McKone, Director of Sales, named to the Birmingham Business Journal's "Top 40 Under 40" (2005)

  • Susan B. Brouillette, CEO, received the Shades Valley Rotary Club's 2005 Vocational Achievement Award

  • John G. Beard, President, elected to AQAF Advisory Board (2005)

  • John G. Beard, President, named to Auburn University Schools of Nursing Community Advisory Board (2005)

  • Certificate of Appreciation from the Community Care Network (2005)

  • Voted "Best of DeKalb County 2005-Best Home Health Care" by the Fort Payne Times-Journal

  • Joyce Brenley, Cullman Branch Volunteer, received the Rural Volunteer Excellence in Service Award from the Alabama Rural Health Association (2004)

  • Voted "Best of DeKalb County 2004-Best Home Health Care" by the Fort Payne Times-Journal

  • John G. Beard, President, and Susan B. Brouillette, CEO, received the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Small Business Person of the Year Award for businesses with 51 to 499 employees (2004)

  • McKesson VIP Award for Outstanding Technological Achievement (2004) 

  •  John G. Beard, CEO, elected President of the American Home Care Association, Inc. (2001)

  • Ranked third in Birmingham's Top Female Owned Privately Held Corporations by the Birmingham Business Journal (2001)

  • Charles D. Beard, Jr., former President, named Person of the Year by the North Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Business (2000)

  • Voted "Best Home Healthcare of Marshall County" by the Sand Mountain Reporter (1999, 2000)

  • Ranked as one of "Birmingham's Top 100 Privately Held Companies" by the Birmingham Business Journal (1998, 1999, 2000)

  • "Best Home Healthcare" by the Gadsden Times (1998)

  • John G. Beard, CEO, named among the Who's Who in American Nursing (1996-1997)

  • Well Workplace of Alabama Bronze Award (1996)

  • "1996 Alabama Gerontological Society Business and Industry" Award

  • John G. Beard, CEO, named Administrator of the Year by the National Association for Healthcare (1995)

  • Well Workplace of Alabama Iron Award (1995)

  • "Employee Injury and Illness" Award from Business Council of Alabama (1995) (for reducing on-the-job injuries and work hazards)

  • John G. Beard, CEO, named Director of the Year by the Alabama Association of Home Health Agencies (1995)

  • John G. Beard, CEO, elected President of the American Federation of Home Health Care Agencies, Inc. (1983-1985)