Anne Hicks-Dorantes

Anne is an experienced licensed nursing home administrator and health service executive with 30 years of unwavering dedication to the consumers and providers of skilled nursing, long-term care, assisted living and community-based home care and hospice care. Anne is a recipient of the ACHCA Eli Pick Award for Leadership in Skilled Nursing Facilities and continues to support innovation and leadership within the field as a long-term services and supports specialist. Anne’s passion lies in developing innovative programs and quality improvement action plans that effectively transform the consumer experience from system-centered healthcare into person-centered healthcare. Currently, Anne works with select homes in Kentucky and Tennessee on culture change initiatives; partnering directly with the care providers and focusing on quality efforts centered around resident choice and autonomy. The work also continues in Michigan through our Learning Action Network.