Windsor Park Receives Highest Rating from U.S. News & World Report
The nursing center at Windsor Park, a faith-based, not-for-profit, continuing care retirement community administered by Covenant Retirement Communities, received five stars, the highest possible overall rating, in U.S. News & World Report's sixth annual Best Nursing Homes list released Feb. 26.
Out of almost 16,000 nursing centers covered nationwide, the ratings highlight the top providers in each city and state. The goal is to help users find a skilled nursing center with a strong track record of good care. Of the 398 nursing centers in metropolitan Chicago, only 85 received an overall five-star rating from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The metro area includes Aurora, Evanston, Joliet and Naperville.
"To maintain our five-star rating, every employee at our skilled nursing community is dedicated to quality care," says Melissa Lindsay, Windsor Park health care administrator. "We're proud to offer the very best to rehab patients and seniors in the Chicago area."
The nursing center at Windsor Park provides short-term rehabilitation after a hospital stay or illness as well as long-term care.
Best Nursing Homes draws on CMS data in three categories-health inspections, level of nurse staffing, and quality of care-and gives each an overall rating. U.S. News awarded the "Best Nursing Home" designation to nursing centers that earned an overall rating of five stars from CMS in January 2014.
Approximately 25 percent of the nursing centers considered in 2014 achieved a five-star rating. In 2013, five-star ratings went to just 19 percent.
In making the announcement, Avery Comarow, U.S. News health rankings editor said, "The rising number of five-star homes is encouraging. It speaks to care that is steadily becoming more skilled and compassionate."
The report is available exclusively online at http://www.usnews.com/best-nursing-homes.
About Windsor Park
Windsor Park, a faith-based, nationally accredited, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community, is located at 124 Windsor Park Dr., Carol Stream, Ill. It is administered by Covenant Retirement Communities, one of the nation's largest not-for-profit senior services providers. Covenant Retirement Communities serves 5,000 residents at 15 retirement communities nationwide and is a ministry of the Evangelical Covenant Church. For more information on Windsor Park, visit www.WindsorParkIllinois.org.