Lombard Senior Living Community Health Center Achieves Perfect CMS Rating
Lombard, IL (PRWEB) September 24, 2013 -- Beacon Hill was recently recognized with a 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2013. The Lombard senior living community has earned a perfect score every year since the ratings began in 2008.
Beacon Hill’s Health Center, which served 297 older adults from July 2012 to July 2013, when the recent survey was conducted, is one of only 10 senior living communities in the state to be both CARF-CCAC-accredited and to have a 5-star Medicare rating. CMS rates senior living communities’ Health Centers on multiple factors, including resident satisfaction surveys and staffing.
“Our low staff turnover is one of the reasons we’re able to consistently achieve such high scores on our Medicare ratings and resident surveys,” said Heidi Zimmermann, administrator for Beacon Hill’s Health Center. “Having consistent staff is comforting for our residents and their families, and we see that in the surveys and through the 5-star ratings we’ve received. From what I’ve seen around the state, it’s very rare to hold this distinction for so long.”
Appreciation of the community’s Health Center was felt by residents long before it was recognized by CMS each year. Marilyn McNeil has lived at Beacon Hill for eight years, and says when she and her husband chose the community, health services were among the top factors impacting their decision.
“We had lived in Lombard for 31 years, and we looked at 12 different communities all around our area and even in different states. We felt that Beacon Hill was the best of the best,” McNeil said. “I’ve been here for eight years now, and I still feel the same way.”
Marilyn’s husband, Bill, spent six weeks in the community’s Health Center, and the couple felt the staff and services more than fit their needs. With the Health Center on site at the community, Marilyn was able to continue living in their independent living apartment and visit Bill whenever she wanted, even in the middle of the night.
“There was one night when he was sick that I woke up in the middle of the night and felt like I really needed to see him,” McNeil said. “So I walked through the lobby in my slippers and went into his room in the Health Center and I saw him sleeping soundly. Just knowing that he was okay and that I was able to go and see him helped me sleep through the night.”
ABOUT BEACON HILL
Beacon Hill, located at 2400 S. Finley Rd. in Lombard, Ill., is owned and operated by Lifespace Communities, Inc., a not-for-profit company with 35 years’ experience in senior living. The Life Care community provides senior adults with a unique lifestyle experience and a variety of residential options, including 395 maintenance-free apartment homes. Skilled nursing suites are also available as part of the full continuum of care. Residents enjoy a full range of services and amenities, such as an indoor heated pool, library, greenhouse and dining services. More information about Beacon Hill is available by calling (630) 691-4007 or by visiting http://www.BeaconHillLombard.com.
ABOUT LIFESPACE COMMUNITIES
Founded in 1976, Lifespace Communities, based in Des Moines, Iowa, is a not-for-profit corporation that has grown to operate 12 continuing care retirement communities in seven states, serving more than 5,000 residents and employing 2,500 team members. Communities are located in Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Illinois, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Florida. The organization is recognized by the LeadingAge Ziegler Top 100 as the seventh largest not-for-profit senior living provider system in the country. For more information about Lifespace and its communities, visit http://www.LifespaceCommunities.com.
Taylor Johnson, GlynnDevins, +1 913-317-2225, [email protected]
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