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Methuen’s Cedar View Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center recently earned the Skilled Nursing Facility Heart Failure Certification offered by the American Heart Association that recognizes facilities that maintain the highest standards of cardiac care and patient support following hospitalization.
The American Heart Association developed the certification to offers an evidence-based framework for evaluating skilled nursing facilities that provide heart failure care, including program management, patient and caregiver education and support, care coordination, clinical management and quality improvement.
“We support the recovery of every patient with evidence-based practices and individualized attention that promotes lasting health and stability,” “said Tara Libbey, administrator at Cedar View Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center.
According to the American Heart Association, nearly one in four heart failure patients are readmitted within 30 days of hospital discharge and approximately half are readmitted within six months; about one quarter of readmissions may be preventable. This certification can support nursing facilities’ efforts to stop preventable hospital readmissions.