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Altenheim Receives National Accreditation for Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Efforts
Altenheim Receives National Accreditation
Altenheim Nursing Home received accreditation for 2014 as a skilled nursing facility actively performing Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement activities. The accreditation, presented by independent accreditor, Providigm, LLC, demonstrates that the Altenheim is continually assessing residents’ quality of life with regard to concerns such as pain, dignity, respect for resident choice, and quality of care problems such as whether there are enough staff to meet resident needs, weight loss, infections, rehabilitation following acute injury or illness, and prevention of readmissions to hospital.
“This accreditation signifies that Altenheim is committed to continuously improving the care that they provide based on feedback from residents and families,” says Dr. Andrew Kramer, Providigm CEO, and international expert on measuring quality of elder care. “We congratulate Altenheim on their commitment to improve the quality of life and care given to our elders.”
Unlike other such rating systems, the Providigm QAPI Accreditation is based on actions that Nursing Centers take to identify and correct quality problems. The methodology of QAPI is widely used in various health care settings, and is becoming a major focus of Nursing Home Regulation.
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“We are extremely proud of the work our care team has accomplished to achieve this accreditation,” said Paul Psota, Chief Executive Officer. “We take quality seriously. We strive to give our residents the quality of life and level of dignity they deserve.”
Altenheim is a not-for-profit senior living offering a continuum of senior living services. Altenheim skilled nursing and rehab center provides short term rehabilitative therapies, skilled nursing care for acute illness, and short term recuperative stays, and intermediate daily care and support services, including memory care in compassionate, home-like surroundings. Altenheim has been serving the community since 1892. Shurmer Place at Altenheim offers independent and assisted living services and accommodations. For more information contact Roseann Mead, Director of Admissions or Kim Schulz, Resident Director, at 440-238-3361.
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About Providigm, LLC
Providigm creates quality improvement solutions for health care. Through Providigm’s web-based systems and comprehensive training, providers are able to improve the quality of care and life of their residents. Providigm’s patented abaqis® Quality Management System is the nation’s leading assessment and reporting system based on CMS’s Quality Indicator Survey. With its recent expansion in QAPI, Hospital Readmissions, and Customer Satisfaction, abaqis goes far beyond survey readiness. Providigm’s accomplished Research Group provides the scientific foundation and cutting-edge methodology behind its quality systems. For more information, visit www.providigm.com.