Holbrook BlogPlaced in Top 13% of All American Nursing Homes
Scarborough, ME, December, 2021– Today, Holbrook Health Center, the skilled nursing care component of Piper Shores’ lifecare retirement community, announced its high-performance rating and “Elite” categorization for short term rehabilitation and long-term care by U.S. News & World Report for American nursing homes. To develop this ranking, the publication evaluated over 15,000 skilled nursing facilities across the country and concluded that Holbrook Health Center is in the top 13% for its care approach, high staff vaccination rate, and online ratings. This good news comes as Piper Shores continues expansion with construction on The Meadows independent living homes in Scarborough to provide more residential opportunities for seniors.
“Being recognized as ‘elite’ in the United States for Holbrook’s PersonFirst® approach, respect for residents, and high vaccination rates among staff is a huge honor,” said Leanne Fiet, COO and Adminstrator for Piper Shores. “With this categorization based solely on publicly available data and online reviews of our PersonFirst® care model, I am so proud of the Holbrook team for always putting their best foot forward and working hard for the residents that entrust us with their care.”
For 30 years, U.S. News & World Report has conducted rankings for the public to utilize for advice when making tough life decisions. The “Best Nursing Homes” rankings is an important addition to the health category to ensure U.S. residents can understand the best places to send their elder loved ones for dedicated care needs. Under 2,000 nursing homes are named as “elite” and “high performing” year-over-year, making Holbrook Health Center one of few high performers across the country.
This year’s ratings included new requirements put forth by the publication for a nursing home to receive a high-performance rating – most notably, that Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) data published by October 14, 2021, must list the nursing home as having a COVID-19 staff vaccination rate of at least 75%. Piper Shores currently has a 100% rate for its staff.
In addition to the U.S. News & World Report rankings list, in recent years Holbrook Health Center has also maintained a 5-star CMS rating, putting it in the top 10% of Nursing Homes, and received a “Zero Deficiencies” report by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Division of Licensing and Regulatory Services as part of their annual inspection.
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About Holbrook at Piper Shores
Located on the beautiful Scarborough, Maine coast, Holbrook is home to Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Skilled Nursing at Piper Shores. Holbrook and Piper Shores are owned and operated by Maine Life Care Retirement Community, Inc., a Maine nonprofit organization formed by a group of prominent Maine citizens with a shared vision. Together, these individuals created Maine’s first and only lifecare retirement community that promotes residents’ long-term well-being and health within a continuum of lifecare services. For more information about Holbrook Health Center for long-term care or short-term rehabilitation, please call 207-883-8700, or visit http://www.theholbrook.org.
Media Contact:
Andrea C. Killiard
Piper Shores
killiardandrea@pipershores.org
(207) 510-5207
