Wakefield Health Care Center, 306 Ash Street, Wakefield, NE was awarded My InnerView's Excellence In Action award, a national award recognizing the nursing home's commitment to quality. Only 380 nursing homes out of 16,000 throughout the country received the award this year. In Nebraska, only 4 homes received the award.

The award recognizes those nursing homes that have made a commitment to continuous quality improvement and have successfully made quality a priority to better serve their customers' needs. Wakefield Health Care Center received the award by having overall resident and family satisfaction levels fall within the top 10% of My InnerView's customer database. Wakefield Health Care Center's satisfaction levels fell within the top 5% of the database in 2006.

"This year's award recipients demonstrate world-class performance excellence," said Brad Shiverick, Chief Quality Officer, My InnerView. "These nursing homes are committed to delivering an exceptional standard of care to their customers."

My InnerView, the applied research and quality management company that presents the award, supports leaders across the entire assisted living, senior housing and skilled nursing profession with tools to measure, benchmark and improve performance.

Wakefield Health Care Center has been a part of the community for over 55 years. The nursing home believes very strongly in its mission - AGING WITH DIGNITY - CARING WITH QUALITY!