Press Release
Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Announces their Five-Star
CMS Rating
The Center for
Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) Awards Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing
Center Five-Stars for Overall Quality and Performance Considered Much Above
Average
Long Beach, NY – Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center,
a premier 278 bed skilled nursing facility, today announced the prestigious achievement
of attaining a Five-Star CMS rating. This rare and difficult to achieve
certification is awarded only to select skilled facilities that demonstrated
higher than average quality care. Over the past 3 consecutive surveys, Grandell
Rehabilitation and Nursing Center was awarded 3 deficiency free surveys by the
New York State Department of Health. During the survey process the Department
of Health conduct complex and rigorous yearly inspections of nursing facilities
to assure all are operating under federal and state regulations.
“It is a tremendous honor to receive a Five-Star rating during
this exciting time for our nursing home. Our caring staff not only meets the
state standards, but exceeds them, which is something we strive to do each and
everyday.” Says Baruch Giberstien, Administrator at Grandell Rehabilitation and
Nursing Center. “Our dedicated team worked tirelessly to provide the quality of
care that earned them the Five-Star recognition”.
The Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) created
the Five-Star Quality Rating System to help consumers, their families, and
caregivers compare nursing homes more easily. Nursing Homes with 5 stars are
considered to have much above average quality. “Our entire nursing department
is dedicated to providing the higher than average quality that is required to
attain a Five-Star recognition” says Mary McGill, Director of Nursing at Grandell
Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. “Each department plays an integral role in
providing every resident with excellent service.”
Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center developed unique
therapy programs for residents requiring short term rehabilitation. One
rehabilitation program features a state-of-the-art Alter G Anti-Gravity
Treadmill. The Alter G Treadmill gives geriatric patients the confidence to
take a larger step forward in their therapy than previously possible. This
unweighting technology reduces your body weight up to 80% less than your normal
weight. It rehabilitates lower-extremity injuries with less pain and less impact
and improves the mobility, strength and safety for those with neurological
conditions.
Another unique rehabilitation program utilizes a 50 foot
ceiling based track with a harness that allows patients with a joint
replacement, recent amputees, stroke victims and general rehabilitation patients
a new and faster approach to regain independence of physical movement and
walking control. “This past year numerous short term residents successfully
utilized this new feature in our gym” says Jennifer Tesoro, Director of
Rehabilitation at Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. “The system
promotes an aggressive gait and balance training program as well as a safer
rehabilitation process for the patient. The unit has been built with the
expertise and knowledge of numerous prosthetic manufactures and nursing care
organizations.” These unique programs help every resident reach their
rehabilitation goals and add to the robust Five-Star level of care Grandell
Rehabilitation and Nursing Center offers.
Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, located at 645
West Broadway, Long Beach, NY is a 278 bed premier skilled nursing and
rehabilitation care center providing 24- hour comprehensive inpatient care to
adults of all ages. The facility is Glatt Kosher under the supervision of the
Vaad Harabonim of Queens.
For more information about Grandell Rehabilitation and
Nursing Center please contact our admissions office at 516-889-1100. Our newly
designed website is www.grandellrehab.com.
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