BMA Wins "Blog of the Year" Award
Date Posted : 04/11/2012

BMA Management, Ltd., the company that manages Heritage Woods of Sterling, has been honored by Assisted Living Today with a 2012 “Blog of the Year” Award.

The ALTY Blog Awards program is an annual event that is designed to recognize the best blogs and articles being produced by thought leaders and industry experts, says Ken Lyons, a Co-founder of Assisted Living Today, which serves as a source on information on topics related to senior living.

“People in our industry produce some fantastic content that often goes unnoticed,” says Lyons. “Our goal with the ALTY Awards is to shine a big, bright spotlight on the best bloggers and thought leaders in senior care and applaud their efforts.”

he BMA Blog on Calling Assisted Living an“Acute Care Setting” is Just Plain Wrong was one of just over 40 Blogs from across the United States nominated for a 2012 “Blog of the Year” Award.

“We are thrilled that the BMA Blog took First Place in the Senior Homes category,” says Rod Burkett, CEO and President of BMA. Among the five blogs nominated in this category, the BMA Blog garnered 53% of the vote.

The Blog, which was written by Rick Banas of BMA, focuses on comments that appeared in a story on “Can the CLASS Act be Saved” that ran in the LifeCycles section of the Washington Times.

Using information about assisted living and comments from residents and their families, the Blog challenged the opinion of writer Laurie Edwards-Tate that it is far more humane and cost-effective for us to take care of people in need of some help with home health services for a long as possible rather than in an “acute care setting like assisted living or a nursing home.”