The nursing home at Mount Miguel Covenant Village retirement community received five stars, the highest possible overall rating, in U.S. News & World Report's fifth annual Best Nursing Homes. The report is available exclusively online.
Out of nearly 16,000 nursing homes nationwide, the ratings highlight the top homes in each city and state. The goal is to help users find a home with a strong track record of good care. Of the 86 nursing homes in metropolitan San Diego, 38 received an overall five-star rating from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The metro area includes Carlsbad, Escondido and San Marcos.
"We're proud to offer the very best to rehab patients and seniors in the San Diego area," says Jay Caddell, Mount Miguel Covenant Village health care administrator. "Our five-star rating reflects the commitment of each employee at our skilled nursing center."
Best Nursing Homes draws on CMS data in three categories-health inspections, level of nurse staffing, and quality of care-and gives each an overall rating. U.S. News awarded the "Best Nursing Home" designation to homes that earned an overall rating of five stars from CMS in January 2013.
"Fewer than one out of every five nursing homes got an overall rating of five stars," said Avery Comarow, U.S. News Health Rankings Editor. "All seniors deserve the best nursing care available, and these are homes that merit their consideration by demonstrating such high quality."
Mount Miguel Covenant Village is a faith-based, nationally accredited, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community located at 325 Kempton St., Spring Valley, Calif. It is administered by Covenant Retirement Communities Inc., which is a ministry of the Evangelical Covenant Church. For more information on Mount Miguel, visit www.MountMiguelCovenantVillage.org.
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