The Retreat Is Named Among the Best
The Retreat Nursing Home in Monticello has received the highest possible overall rating of five stars in U.S. News & World Report’s fifth annual Best Nursing Homes, available exclusively at http://www.usnews.com/best-nursing-homes.
This is the fifth year that The Retreat has received this honor.
The Best Nursing Homes 2014 ratings highlight the top nursing homes in each city and state, out of nearly 16,000 facilities nationwide. U.S. News’s goal is to help users find a home with a strong track record of good care.
Best Nursing Homes draws on data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a federal agency that assesses homes in three categories—health inspections, level of nurse staffing, and quality of care—and gives each an overall rating.
U.S. News awarded the “Best Nursing Home” designation to homes that earned an overall rating of five stars from CMS in January 2014.
Donna Holman, Administrator at The Retreat, says, “This ranking calls attention to the good work given on a daily basis by each one of our employees. This recognition is achieved by the teamwork and support of our employees and physicians every day, along with continued support from our patients’ families, our board members and our community.”
Along with the ratings, U.S. News has published a series of articles and a step-by-step video to guide users in choosing the right nursing home. The articles and ratings are exclusive to the website and aren’t expected to appear in print.
“The rising number of five-star homes is encouraging,” said Avery Comarow, U.S. News Health Rankings Editor. “All seniors deserve the best nursing care available, and these are homes that merit their consideration by demonstrating such high quality.”
The Retreat is a 55 bed nursing home that adjoins Jasper Memorial Hospital. The Retreat is no stranger to winning national awards. In addition to the U.S News ranking, The Retreat has maintained a 5 Star rating from Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare Project and been awarded My Innerview’s Excellence In Action award, a national award recognizing the nursing home’s commitment to quality, for five years.
