AUTHOR Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
Certified by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) since 2002, LCCS provides skilled nursing care; inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, including orthopedic and stroke rehabilitation; IV, anodyne and oxygen therapy; wound management and respite services. LCCS is best known for its end-of-life care program, “Butterflies Are Free,” designed to provide peace and hope for hospice patients and their families. This program attracted much attention and won the facility the 2005 Nursing Homes Magazine OPTIMA Award.
The program was developed by combining the work of a number of specialty teams in the facility: an Education Team, comprised of the Executive Director, Director of Nursing, Staff Development Coordinator, Social Workers, Hospice, and family members; a Clinical Needs Team, comprised of the Director of Nursing, Assistant Director of Nursing, unit managers, nurses, Pharmacist, nursing assistants, and Hospice; a Psychosocial Needs Team, which was composed of the Executive Director, Social Workers, Central Supply Coordinator, unit managers, nurses, nursing assistants, dietary associates, and housekeepers; and various resident participants.
