Pinecrest Manor Ranks in Top Tier
Mt. Morris, IL – (February 27, 2014) ― Pinecrest Manor has attained a top-tier ranking once again, this time by U.S. News and World Report, achieving a "Best Nursing Home" status along with 34 other nursing homes in Northwest Illinois.
To create Best Nursing Homes 2014, U.S. News drew on data from Nursing Home Compare, a program run by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the federal agency that sets and enforces standards for nursing homes. U.S. News awarded the "Best Nursing Homes" designation to facilities that recently earned the agency's highest overall rating of five stars. CMS revises their data monthly. Pinecrest has been 5-star often, but has consistently been designated so since May of 2012.
Chief Executive Officer Ferol Labash said the award is indicative of Pinecrest's quality staff.
"Quality begins with our leadership," Labash said. "Jolene LeClere, administrator of health services, and Meg Unger, director of nursing, along with our team of administrative staff, nurses and CNAs lead the way in providing quality, compassionate care," Labash said.
"But it takes the entire staff to continue insuring our residents are well cared for. We couldn't do what we do without our dedicated housekeeping, maintenance and volunteer workers," she said.
Of nursing homes within a 25-mile radius, Pinecrest is the largest with 125 licensed beds. And all of those beds are brand new after Pinecrest sought and received funds sufficient from foundations and private donations to replace all of its old ones. Pinecrest Manor Ranked Top Tier February 27, 2014
U.S. News & World Report, publisher of Best
Hospitals and Best Children's Hospitals, released its
Best Nursing Homes 2014 Wednesday, February 26,
highlighting the top nursing homes in every state
and nearly 100 major metropolitan areas, the
magazine said in a press release. The ratings cover
almost 16,000 nursing homes nationwide and are
freely available at U.S. News & World Report Best
Nursing Homes.
"The rising number of five-star homes is encouraging," says Avery Comarow, U.S. News health rankings editor. "It speaks to care that is steadily becoming more skilled and compassionate."
"Managing the cost and care of an elderly loved one is a challenge millions of Americans face each year," says Brian Kelly, editor and chief content officer of U.S. News. "We hope our Best Nursing Homes ratings, advice, and tools help them make this important decision."
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