Holy Family Senior Living Earns AHA Skilled Nursing Facility Recognition
Setting the Standard for Heart Failure Recovery in Skilled Nursing Care
Holy Family Senior Living is proud to announce that we have been certified as an American Heart Association (AHA) Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF). This certification means that Holy Family has demonstrated adherence to AHA’s evidence-based guidelines for heart failure or stroke care, ensuring high-quality care and a smooth transition to the community. This certification signifies a commitment to standardized care practices, program management, patient education, and care coordination, ultimately improving patient outcomes and building confidence in the facility.
The overarching goal of the Certification encompasses the patient and provider, enhancing the relationship with local hospitals, and engagement with insurers and payors. The certification is focused on standardizing heart failure patient care and is designed to evaluate each skilled nursing facility against a professional set of criteria based on demonstrated adherence to key standards and a rigorous review process.
George Abdouche, Holy Family Senior Living Nursing Home Administrator, shared his perspective on the achievement: “This certification is a testament to the clinical excellence and compassion our team brings to residents every day. It strengthens our role as a trusted partner to hospitals and families navigating heart failure care.”
The AHA Program’s Goals:
- Ensures evidence-based heart failure guidelines are driving decision making at all levels of care represented in the skilled nursing facility.
- Provides guidance and leadership on measurably improving care coordination and communication between and among care providers.
- Demonstrates that high levels of compliance for one or more of these entities through certification or recognition results in measurable improvements in clinical quality of care and cost effectiveness.
How this Benefits Our Holy Family Residents:
- Provides residents with access to care focused on treating heart failure and its comorbidities.
- Provides residents with confidence that our community can provide the most effective treatment strategies based on current translational, evidence-based research in heart failure.
- Provides residents with assurance that our community has been vetted and is recognized by the American Heart Association, based on professional evaluation criteria designed by heart failure experts.
Susan Park, Holy Family Director of Nursing, added: “This recognition reinforces our commitment to person-centered care. Our residents deserve the best, and this certification confirms we’re delivering it with skill, heart, and consistency.”
How This Certification Benefits Our Community:
- Becomes a referral source for acute-care hospitals treating patients with heart failure.
- Establishes a national collaborating network of American Heart Association Skilled Nursing Facility Heart Failure Centers for health care provider access.
- Establishes a pathway for appropriate reimbursement for those health care professionals treating patients with heart failure and its co-morbidities.
- Provides direct access to AHA-sponsored live and online educational activities.
To learn more about our skilled nursing services or to schedule a tour, please visit www.holyfamilysl.org or call 610-865-5595.