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News Release-February 15,
2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 15, 2006
Contact: John
Woodrum
Pine Haven Christian Home
920-467-2401, ext. 153
Fax 920-467-1123
e-mail: jwoodrum@pinehaven.org
Pine Haven Christian Home
Participating
in National Quality Initiative
Sheboygan Falls, WI
-- Pine Haven Christian Home has a reputation of providing compassionate,
high quality care to its residents. To assure this tradition continues and
to communicate the overall commitment to quality, Pine Haven is
participating in the “Quality First” initiative sponsored by the American
Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA).
AAHSA developed the Quality
First initiative to encourage the highest standards of ethics, services, and
resident care in its member institutions. Quality First is a voluntary
commitment to establish and document performance standards in the areas of
continuous quality improvement, public disclosure and accountability,
consumer and family rights, workforce excellence, community involvement,
ethical practices, and financial integrity.
“Pine Haven has always
maintained the highest standards of resident care and ethical practice, the
Quality First initiative provides us the opportunity to publicly go on
record with our continuing commitment to do the right things in the right
way,” said Jeff Jenkins, administrator of Pine Haven.
AAHSA is the national senior
housing organization that represents not-for-profit nursing homes and senior
housing providers. Wisconsin Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
(WAHSA) has also encouraged its members to participate in the Quality First
initiative. To date, 40% of the Wisconsin not-for-profit senior housing
providers have signed the Quality First covenant.
Pine Haven Christian Home
was opened in 1950 and expanded in 1992 to the
current size of 71 residents
in the nursing home wing and 136 rooms in the residential
center wing. While supported
by eighteen local churches, residents of all faiths and backgrounds are
welcome. Pine Haven’s mission is to provide quality, compassionate care in a
Christian environment.
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