Regina Health Center Named One of Best Nursing Homes in the Country by U.S. News & World Report

Thursday, June 06, 2013

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Regina Health Center has been named one of the best nursing homes in the country by U.S. News & World Report. The center has also maintained the highest Five-Star Quality Rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which is a rating only 14 percent of all nursing homes in Ohio received. Both recognitions underscore Regina Health Center’s commitment to being a high-quality provider of compassionate and holistic health care services for religious and lay people needing short-term rehabilitation, assisted living, respite care or residential nursing care.

To compile its “Best Nursing Homes” ratings, U.S. News collected meaningful data and ratings about more than 15,000 nursing facilities and compiled it into a searchable online database that includes information about safety, health inspections, staffing and more. The “Best Nursing Homes” report is available at health.usnews.com/best-nursing-homes.

The CMS also gave Regina Health Center the highest Five-Star Quality Rating, which is the most respected rating a nursing home can receive. The CMS rating system helps consumers, their families and caregivers compare nursing homes by assessing three key areas related to quality of care for nursing home residents—state health inspections, quality outcome measures and staffing levels. To learn more about the CMS rating system, visit www.medicare.gov/NHCompare.

“Regina Health Center has been providing the highest quality, faith-based care for 20 years. We are honored to be recognized for providing such quality care by U.S. News as a ‘Best Nursing Home’ and by the CMS for maintaining the highest Five-Star Quality Rating,” said Regina Health Center Executive Director Brian Flannery. “Both recognitions place us in the top tier of nursing homes around the country and objectively demonstrate the superior quality of care our residents receive from our employees and volunteers.”

In addition, Regina Health Center continues to receive high family satisfaction scores through Ohio Department of Aging surveys. In 2012, Regina Health Center’s overall family satisfaction score was 93.3 compared to a state average of 85.6, which ranked the facility 32nd among 948 Ohio facilities, and the highest of any facility in Summit County.

About Regina Health Center

Located on 230 acres in Richfield, Ohio, Regina Health Center provides compassionate and holistic health care services for members of religious communities, clergy and lay people needing short-term rehabilitation, assisted living, respite care or residential nursing care. As one of the 20 sponsored ministries of the Sisters of Charity Health System, Regina Health Center provides a full range of quality of life programming that affirms the dignity and fullness of life for each individual resident. More information on Regina Health Center is available at www.reginahealthcenter.org.

About the Sisters of Charity Health System

The Sisters of Charity Health System was established in 1982 as the parent corporation for the sponsored ministries of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine in Ohio and South Carolina. The Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, since founding in 1851, continues a faith-based legacy of high-quality, compassionate care in partnership with its co-ministers, who are the heart and hands of the ministry.

The Sisters of Charity Health System solely owns four Catholic hospitals: St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio; Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio; and Providence Hospital and Providence Northeast in Columbia, South Carolina. In a 50/50 joint venture with University Hospitals of Cleveland, the Sisters of Charity Health System also co-owns St. John Medical Center in Westlake, Ohio.

The Sisters of Charity Health System also oversees three grantmaking foundations located in Cleveland and Canton, Ohio, and Columbia, South Carolina. Each foundation sponsors significant community initiatives and collaborations that address causes and consequences of poverty.

Other health and human services and education-related organizations within the Sisters of Charity Health System include Joseph’s Home, a unique residential care center for homeless men in Cleveland; Early Childhood Resource Center for people working in childcare in all settings in Canton; Healthy Learners, a health care resource for children from low-income families in South Carolina; and the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families, a state-wide organization supporting initiatives to reengage fathers in the lives of their children.

The Sisters of Charity Health System also provides residential elder care services at Regina Health Center in Richfield, Ohio, and Light of Hearts Villa in Bedford, Ohio. Light of Hearts Villa is jointly sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati.