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Atlantic Specialty Care receives top national rating

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November 2nd, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic Specialty Care received a rating of 4 out 5 in the U.S. News & World Report 2017-18 Nursing Home Finder report released last month. The report uses existing federal nursing home rating information and federally reported health care data to come up with their own rating system. Criteria such as annual state survey results, medical quality measures, staffing levels and rehabilitation outcomes are all formulated to reach the rating. More than 15,000 skilled nursing facilities in the United States were reviewed.

Administrator Kellie Jimerson says the caring environment the staff provide every day is the reason for their success. In a statement to the media, Jimerson said “We have such a great staff who take pride in what they do and how they care for our residents. Being named a top nursing home by U.S. News and World Report’s Nursing Home Finder is an achievement based on certain measurements. We don’t receive this distinction unless we meet high standards. It’s our caring staff who make the difference.”

Atlantic Specialty Care is a non-profit, 90-bed skilled nursing facility offering rehabilitation services, skilled nursing care, long term care and hospice care. Its parent organization is Care Initiatives, which serves over 3,000 Iowans through 44 skilled nursing care locations, eight assisted living locations, three senior housing apartment locations, and six hospice office locations.