We celebrated our first “Happy Camper Camp” celebrating employees for their exceptional team work and being Happy Campers.They are (Front L to R) Ashley Bollinger and Bobbie Beals. (Middle Row L to R) Ron Jacobsen and Jenny Mitroff (Back Row L to R) Bella Mase, Larry Hock and Becky Stapleton. The Happy Campers enjoyed lunch with our department leaders and a small token of our appreciation.

Atlantic Specialty Care has been named to the National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative Honor Roll to recognize its performance on the Nursing Home Compare long-stay quality measures. Nursing homes on the Nursing Home Quality Collaborative Honor Roll have achieved a quality measure composite score which is aligned with the top 10 percent of nursing homes in the U.S.

Photo: Atlantic Specialty Care Administrator Kellie Jimerson is at the far right.

Atlantic 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: 

Throughout 2017 and into 2018, Atlantic Specialty Care has been ranked as a 5-star skilled nursing facility by the federal government’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Skilled nursing facilities are rated quarterly based on health inspections, staffing and quality measures of 11 different physical and clinical measures of residents.

Atlantic Specialty Care also received a rating of 4 out 5 in the U.S. News & World Report 2017-18 Best Nursing Homes report in November, 2017.

(September 8, 2016 – Atlantic, Iowa)  Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic has received a “Deficiency Free” result on its annual survey in September by the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals.

Saturday, July 11 was a very important day for Debbie McDermott’s brother-in-law. It was a day that Debbie knew she did not want to miss – her brother-in-law’s retirement party marking 42 years of service in the Air Force. But as a resident of Atlantic Specialty Care (formerly Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center) with limited mobility, she wasn’t sure how she would be able to participate in the festivities being held 80 miles away in Des Moines.