NEBRASKA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION AWARDS LONG-TERM CARE SCHOLARSHIPS

March 28, 2025
Contact: Lindsay Kant, Director of Membership

The Nebraska Health Care Foundation (NHCF) has awarded more than $53,000 in annual scholarships and grants in support of its mission to attract, develop, and retain Nebraskans who serve those living in a nursing home or assisted living community. Recipients include:

Assisted Living Administrator Scholarship

  • Patrick Power, Ovation Heartwood Preserve, Omaha
  • Maggie Sroka, Brookestone Village, Omaha

Nursing Home Administrator Scholarship

  • Cassidy Gydesen, Rose Blumpkin Jewish Home, Omaha
  • Shane Nixon, Brookestone Village, Omaha

General Scholarship

  • Elizabeth Arellano, Wauneta Care and Therapy Center, Wauneta
  • Amy Cassidy, Community Memorial Health Center, Burwell
  • Christina Johnson, Brookestone Meadows, Elkhorn
  • Lindsay McMeen, Brookestone View, Broken Bow
  • Abigail Meredith, Brookestone Village, Omaha
  • Katie Mickey, Brookestone Meadows, Elkhorn
  • Danielle Rasmussen, Linden Court, North Platte
  • Lindsay Wiese, Brookestone Village, Omaha

Nursing Scholarship

  • Allora Kovar, Aviva Woodlands, Lincoln
  • Lilia Lozano, Immanuel Newport House, Omaha
  • Juliann Marburger, Sutton Community Home, Sutton
  • Zoie Miller, Southlake Village Rehabilitation and Care Center, Lincoln

American Health Care Association-National Center for Assisted Living Congressional Briefing Scholarship

  • Madison Guthrie, Vetter Senior Living, Elkhorn
  • Maria Hudson, Good Samaritan Society, Auburn
  • Lisa Nasim, Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, Omaha
  • Paige Simpson, Tiffany Square, Grand Island

Safe Resident Assistance Grant

  • Midwest Covenant Home, Stromsburg
  • The Maples at Centennial, North Platte
  • The Mulberry at Waverly, Waverly
  • The Oaks at Central City, Central City

Recipients will be recognized at the Nebraska Nursing Facility Association-Nebraska Assisted Living Association annual convention on August 26, 2025, at Younes Conference Center North in Kearney, Neb.

Scholarship funds are made available through Gallagher, Health Care Information Systems, Nye Health Services, The Olson Group, Sysco Lincoln, and The Vetter Foundation, in partnership with NHCF. The Safe Resident Assistance Grant is made possible by West Bend Insurance Company Charitable Fund at the West Bend Community Foundation.

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Nebraska Health Care Association is the parent to Nebraska Nursing Facility Association (NNFA) and Nebraska Assisted Living Association (NALA), as well as Nebraska Health Care Learning Center and Nebraska Health Care Foundation. NNFA and NALA collectively represent approximately 425 nonprofit and proprietary skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities in Nebraska.