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Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center has received a ranking of five stars overall in U.S. News & World Report?s 2011 Best Nursing Homes.
The rankings highlight facilities across the nation which provide high-quality care and are a tool for millions of elderly Americans and their families in search of a nursing home.
U.S. News?s Best Nursing Homes profiles more than 15,000 centers and ranks them by state, using data and quality ratings from the federal government. The rankings are updated quarterly.
The rankings rely on information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal agency that sets and enforces quality standards for all homes enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid. Long-term care centers receive an overall rating of one to five stars from the government based on the number of stars earned in three other categories: health inspections, nurse staffing, and quality of care.
Facilities that ranked highest in Best Nursing Homes 2011 earned overall five-star ratings. Only about one home in seven met this standard. U.S. News?s Honor Roll highlights 18 homes that received five-star ratings in all three categories in which homes are judged. Honor Roll nursing homes not only got five stars overall, but achieved a perfect 15 stars for four consecutive quarters.
?Choosing a nursing home for your parent or loved one is incredibly difficult,? says Avery Comarow, Health Rankings Editor at U.S. News & World Report. ?Homes at the top of our rankings have repeatedly shown high quality and deserve consideration.?
-Helene King
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Levindale Among Best U.S. Nursing Homes
Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center has received a ranking of five stars overall in U.S. News & World Report?s 2011 Best Nursing Homes.
The rankings highlight facilities across the nation which provide high-quality care and are a tool for millions of elderly Americans and their families in search of a nursing home.
U.S. News?s Best Nursing Homes profiles more than 15,000 centers and ranks them by state, using data and quality ratings from the federal government. The rankings are updated quarterly.
The rankings rely on information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal agency that sets and enforces quality standards for all homes enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid. Long-term care centers receive an overall rating of one to five stars from the government based on the number of stars earned in three other categories: health inspections, nurse staffing, and quality of care.
Facilities that ranked highest in Best Nursing Homes 2011 earned overall five-star ratings. Only about one home in seven met this standard. U.S. News?s Honor Roll highlights 18 homes that received five-star ratings in all three categories in which homes are judged. Honor Roll nursing homes not only got five stars overall, but achieved a perfect 15 stars for four consecutive quarters.
?Choosing a nursing home for your parent or loved one is incredibly difficult,? says Avery Comarow, Health Rankings Editor at U.S. News & World Report. ?Homes at the top of our rankings have repeatedly shown high quality and deserve consideration.?
-Helene King
- Medicare Ratings For Nursing Homes Rely Heavily On Self-reported Data; Recent Inspection Data Are Available Elsewhere
Next time you look at Medicare's ratings for nursing homes, be aware that most of the information used to make the ranking is based on self-reported data and is not verified by the government. Consumers and investors make critical decisions based...
- Beshear To Study Nursing-home Staffing Minimums, Suggests Homes' High Liability Costs Are Related To Poorly Ranked Care
Responding to a letter from Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform, which cited a low ranking for the state's nursing homes, Gov. Steve Beshear said he is "committed to taking steps toward improving the quality of care in Kentucky nursing homes,"...
- New Tool Allows Analysis Of Nursing-home Deficiencies Across The Country; Kentucky Seems To Rank High In Serious Problems
Reporters now have a tool at their fingertips that will allow them to find nursing home problems in facilities across Kentucky, which appears to ranks high in serious problems.(iStock photo) The tool was launched this week by ProPublica, a nonprofit,...
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Inspectors found 389 deficiencies at 66 Kentucky nursing homes in the last three months of 2010. Ten of the nursing homes inspected had 10 or more deficiencies. Two of them, one in Elizabethtown and one in Winchester, had none. Kentuckians for Nursing...
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State inspectors found 20 of Kentucky's nursing homes, 18 percent of the total, had 10 or more deficiencies during the third quarter of 2010. Kentucky nursing homes have an average of six deficiencies, according to Medicare's nursing-home...