Village News July 2014

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July 2014 • Issue 551

YOUR HELP IS APPRECIATED! — Daryl L. Martin, Executive Director The Indiana Family & Social Services Administration’s Division of Aging in collaboration with the Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning will again be conducting a satisfaction survey of all certified nursing facilities in the state,

Howard & Eleanor Flueckiger enjoy a game of shuffleboard.

including Swiss Village. As a part of this effort they will be reaching out for input from residents, resident families/friends and employees of Swiss Village. The information received from the survey will be used by the State to help determine M e d i c a i d reimbursement rate setting. Nursing facilities that score higher will receive incr eased reimbursement. This is part of the State’s effort to move towards a valued based reimbursement system.

In other words the State wants to pay more when more services and staffing are given and less when less is given. Swiss Village encourages you to participate in the survey process. Your input is critical to getting a valid sampling. Organizationally, Swiss Village works hard to provide quality care. Our staffing patterns are significantly higher than the average Indiana nursing provider and at the same time the skill level of our staffing personnel exceeds the norm. As a nursing care Cont. on page 2

SWISS VILLAGE EXECUTIVE TEAM AND BOARD MEMBERS Board of Directors:

Executive Team: Daryl L. Martin Executive Director Alma Ahmetovic Director of Healthcare Services

Kent Liechty, President Tom Muselman, Vice-President Linda Eicher, Secretary

Derick Bailey Director of Resident Services

Greg Meyer, Treasurer

Joe Burkhead Director of Information Services

Paul Zuercher, Immediate Past President

Margie Dougherty Director of Human Resources

Mark Settlemyre Sharon Sprunger Wulliman

Michelle McIntosh Director of Marketing

Nancy Subler

Roger Young Controller

Mary Fox Scott Bixler

Inside this issue:

New Residents

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Swiss Days Activities

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Watch Swiss Village on 21 Alive

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Kinder Haus

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Residential & Healthcare 5 Activities South Campus Wellness & Wellness Pavilion

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Staff News

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Swiss Village Mission Statement: Swiss Village Retirement Community is a not-for-profit corporation, committed to providing quality and affordable retirement living facilities and services in a Christian environment that enhances life with dignity, meaning and appropriate care for the senior adults from the surrounding community without regard to race, religion, sex, or handicaps that can be accommodated within our delivery system.


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