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6/27/2005 - Alacare CEO Susan Brouillette Honored by Rotary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Richard Nieves or Nancy Kucik Alacare Home Health & Hospice 4752 Highway 280 East Birmingham, AL 35242 Phone: 205.981.8000 or 800.852.4724 Fax : 205.981.8743 E-mail: Richard.Nieves@alacare.com Alacare’s Brouillette Honored by Rotary Birmingham, Alabama—Susan B. Brouillette, MPH, MBA, is the recipient of the Shades Valley Rotary Club’s 2005 Vocational Achievement Award. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Alacare Home Health & Hospice. Ms. Brouillette has frequently been recognized in the community for her business skills. She was named one of the Birmingham Business Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40,” a Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Person of the Year in 2004, and she is recognized as one of Birmingham’s Top Women Business Owners. Because Ms. Brouillette also feels strongly that successful people need to nurture the next generation of business professionals, she participates in events like the UAB School of Public Health Alumni Career Round Table. In announcing Ms. Brouillette’s award, Paul Sharbel, Chairman of the Shades Valley Rotary’s Selection Committee for Vocational Awards, said, “Susan has helped build Alacare into one of the most visible and viable groups of caring professionals helping those in need.” Despite the demands of her career, Ms. Brouillette is committed to community service. She is on the Boards of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Alabama, the Shades Valley Rotary Club and the Birmingham Chapter of the American Cancer Society, for which she has appeared in televised public education spots in 2003, 2004 and 2005. . Ms. Brouillette served as 2004-2005 Secretary for the Shades Valley Rotary Club—an active supporter of community and international service work—and became Club Treasurer on July 1st. The Shades Valley Rotary Club meets every Monday at 12:30 p.m. at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Meetings are open to those in business who are interested in Rotary programs or who want to learn more about membership. For more information, visit Shades Valley’s Web site: http://shadesvalleyrotary.org About Alacare Alacare Home Health & Hospice is Alabama's oldest and largest privately owned, Medicare-certified home health agency. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alacare is dedicated to providing patients the highest level of skilled nursing, rehabilitative, palliative and hospice care available in the most cost-effective environment—the patient's own home. Since 1970, Alacare has provided patients with quality home healthcare. Medicare’s new Home Health Care data reflect that Alacare’s patient-care outcomes in 11 essential areas are among the best when compared to both National and Alabama averages. Interested persons can obtain this data online at http://cms.hhs.gov/quality/hhqi/ or by calling 1-800-MEDICARE. Services provided include: diabetes education, enterostomal therapy, homecare aides, home medical equipment, hospice/palliative care, infusion therapy, medical nutrition therapy, medical social services, mental health nursing, occupational therapy, pain management, physical therapy, skilled nursing, and speech language pathology. Alacare’s service area now includes the following counties: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Montgomery, Morgan, Monroe, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Wilcox, and Winston. For more information, visit the Company's corporate Web site: www.alacare.com.
