Transitional Care of Arlington Heights Earned Nursing Care Center Accreditation and Post-Acute Care Certification from The Joint Commission
Arlington Heights, IL - February 23, 2017 - Transitional Care of Arlington Heights earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® for Nursing Care Center Accreditation and Post-Acute Care Certification by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal of Approval® is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization's commitment to providing safe and effective patient and resident care.
Transitional Care of Arlington Heights underwent a rigorous on-site survey in the fall of 2016. During the review, Joint Commission expert surveyors evaluated compliance with nursing care center standards related to several areas, including coordination of care and staff education and training. Surveyors also conducted on-site observations and interviews with leaders and staff of the organization.
"Joint Commission accreditation and certification provides centers with a framework for the processes needed to improve the care patients and residents receive," said Gina Zimmermann, MS, executive director, Nursing Care Center Accreditation Program, The Joint Commission. "We commend Transitional Care of Arlington Heights for its efforts to become a quality improvement organization."
The new post-acute recovery center offers an alternative to a nursing home-based rehabilitation services and provides short-term skilled nursing and physical, occupational and speech rehabilitation for patients who are transitioning out of the hospital or other acute care setting.
"Transitional Care of Arlington Heights is pleased to receive accreditation and certification from The Joint Commission, the premier health care quality improvement and accrediting body in the nation," added Denise Norman, president of Transitional Care Management. "Staff from across the organization continue to work together to develop and implement approaches and strategies that have the potential to improve care for our guests who come to us for exceptional short-term, rehabilitative care."
Established in 1966, The Joint Commission's Nursing Care Center Accreditation Program accredits more than 1,000 organizations that offer nursing home and other long term care services.
The Post-Acute Care Certification award was launched in 2013 by The Joint Commission to recognize nursing homes that demonstrate advanced competencies in the provision of post-acute care to patients and residents recently hospitalized.
The accreditation and certification programs are awarded for a three-year period.
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Transitional Care of Arlington Heights
Transitional Care of Arlington Heights, 1200 North Arlington Heights Road, offers comfortable, holistic and clinically proven short-term rehabilitative care that helps patients who are recovering from acute and chronic conditions bridge the distance between hospital and home. Managed by the Illinois-based Transitional Care Management, the 120-bed center features primarily private care suites and is the first purpose-built, stand-alone, post-acute care center in the northwest suburbs.
The Joint Commission
Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission seeks to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. The Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 21,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, nonprofit organization, The Joint Commission is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. Learn more about The Joint Commission at www.jointcommission.org.