Commun ty Matters Clay Center Presbyterian Manor
January 2017
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Living life to the fullest
We will focus on how our campus social workers help residents live life to the fullest in an upcoming issue of Community Matters. How has your campus social worker been an advocate for you? How have you benefited from your campus social worker’s efforts to assist you and your family? If you’ve got a story to share, contact Heather Germann, marketing director, and your story could be featured in an upcoming edition of Community Matters.
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Bill Taylor, PMMA chief operating officer, Sheldon Klassen, interim executive director, Bruce Shogren, PMMA president and chief executive officer.
Clay Center Presbyterian Manor honored for achievements
Clay Center Presbyterian Manor received a certificate of recognition from Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America for reaching goals in fiscal year 2016, July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016.
The recognition came through PMMA’s Emerald Awards Program, designed to encourage its 17 locations to achieve high levels of resident and employee satisfaction, meet financial goals, build philanthropic support for
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Clay Center Presbyterian Manor on U.S. News and World Report Best Nursing Home list Clay Center Presbyterian Manor is on the U.S. News and World Report Best Nursing Homes 2016-17 list. The senior living community received the highest score of a five-star rating system to make the list, available today at www.usnews.com/nursinghomes.
The U.S. News and World Report list uses information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the government agency that sets and enforces standards for nursing homes. CMS assigns one to five stars to each community for how well it performs in health inspections, nurse staffing and level of quality care.
“Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America employees continue to focus their efforts on delivering quality care every day,” said PMMA President and CEO
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the organization’s mission and meet marketing goals. There are 11 areas measured for the Emerald Awards.
To receive an emerald, a community has to meet its goals in all 11 areas. Certificates of recognition were given out to communities that reached their goals in one or more category. Clay Center was recognized for achieving a 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, meeting occupancy and financial goals.
Bruce Shogren. “The five-star ratings confirm their good work.”
This is the fourth consecutive year Clay Center Presbyterian Manor has appeared on the US News and World Report Best Nursing Homes list and the fifth time in the past six years. Survey teams from the state conduct inspections in each community every 12 to 15 months. The surveys cover a checklist of about 180 items such as medication management, food preparation and delivery, proper paperwork, and resident enrichment activities.
In addition to Clay Center Presbyterian Manor, five PMMA locations are on the honoree list with five-star ratings: Emporia, Lawrence, Sterling and Wichita in Kansas, and Kirkwood (Aberdeen Heights) in Missouri.
“This recognition is a visible sign of Clay Center Presbyterian Manor’s commitment to the mission of PMMA of providing quality senior services guided by Christian values,” said Bruce Shogren, chief executive officer for PMMA. Presbyterian Manors of MidAmerica has been providing quality senior services guided by Christian values in Kansas and Missouri for more than 65 years.
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Residents and friends of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America’s Art is Ageless program are proving that art, in any form, is an ageless ambition, whether you picked up a brush for the first time before reaching 20 or completed your first drawing after turning 80. Clay Center Presbyterian Manor is accepting entries for its Art is Ageless competition until Feb. 21. Entries will be on display from 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 25, with reception at 2:30 p.m. in the Chapel. For more information, contact Heather Germann at 785-632-5646, ext. 2833, or visit ArtIsAgeless.org. ®
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