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  • Creston Specialty Care selected for national quality recognition

    Creston Specialty Care has been selected for the American Health Care Association (AHCA) Quality Initiatives Recognition Program. The Quality Initiative Recognition Program honors AHCA-member skilled nursing centers that demonstrate the attainment of four or more of the following AHCA Quality Initiative goals: 

    • Decrease turnover rates among nursing staff 
    • Adopt Core-Q customer satisfaction questionnaire
    • Reduce the number of unintended health care outcomes
    • Safely reduce the number of hospital readmissions within 30 days
    • Improve...
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  • Centerville Specialty Care selected for national quality recognition

    Centerville Specialty Care has been selected for the American Health Care Association (AHCA) Quality Initiatives Recognition Program. The Quality Initiative Recognition Program honors AHCA-member skilled nursing centers that demonstrate the attainment of four or more of the following AHCA Quality Initiative goals: 

    • Decrease turnover rates among nursing staff 
    • Adopt Core-Q customer satisfaction questionnaire
    • Reduce the number of unintended health care outcomes
    • Safely reduce the number of hospital readmissions within 30 days
    • Improve...
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  • Former resident pens poem of thanks

    We couldn't be more flattered!

     

    To All Staff at Valley View

    By Carolyn De Neui

    ‘Twas the day before departure from Valley View Care

    I pondered on how I could thank those working there.

    Each of you who are nurses, LPNs and CNAs,

    Took care of my needs for 23 days.

     

    There’s Crystal, Kristina, Nancy, Holly and Clarissa,

    And Charlotte, Ashley, Amber and Melissa,

    Also Julie, Lena, Karen, Vanessa and Ruth,

    They all...

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  • Care Initiatives latest Waterloo Career Center partner

    WATERLOO—Today a signing ceremony formally committed Care Initiatives to a sponsorship deal with the Waterloo Career Center housed in Central Middle School. Care Initiatives facilities employ over 420 people in Black Hawk County and over 3,000 people in the state of Iowa. They operate 44 facilities in Iowa alone and a hospice service serving 66 of Iowa’s 99 counties, including right here in Black Hawk County. Ravenwood, NorthCrest and Pinnacle Specialty Care are always on the lookout for staff with a caring touch and a desire to help others.

    Ravenwood Specialty Care administrator,...

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