Longwood At Oakmont Inc

Programs: Longwood at oakmont offers resident-driven programs, activities and cultural events in an independent living environment, while providing a continuum of care, including personal care, skilled nursing, memory care and rehabilitation services. Longwood at oakmont serves over 390 older adults on a continuing basis. In 2017, residents benefitted from its new partnership with masterpiece living, an organization that works with more than 70 senior living communities to enhance successful aging through healthy lifestyle choices. Through the partnership, longwood accesses research and tools that provide opportunities for each resident, and the community as a whole, to measure progress against four key dimensions of successful living - spiritual, intellectual, physical and social. At longwood, better choices for a better life include a variety of financial options. With a lifecare package, residents make an upfront investment, which offers refundability options to their estate, and includes unlimited use of healthcare services if needed. Another affordable option is the month-to-month rentals available on a limited number of residences on a first-come, first-serve basis that includes access to the community's amenities without having to make the long-term commitment and significant upfront investment required by a lifecare contract. Another financial option, selectcare, offers a lower upfront investment and provides access to health care services that are paid for at the time they are needed at prevailing market rates. Longwood provided $78,279 of community support in 2017. Longwood at oakmont was developed, and is operated, by presbyterian seniorcare which was established on january 25, 1928 in the commonwealth of pennsylvania as a not-for-profit, charitable organization. Since its inception, presbyterian seniorcare has been committed to service excellence and making aging easier for older adults and their families. One way we distinguish ourselves is by pursuing carf accreditation. Carf is an international, not-for-profit organization that promotes quality, value, and optimal outcomes by conducting surveys to assure that quality standards are being met. Participation in carf accreditation is voluntary and requires a commitment of time and resources. In 2016, as part of presbyterian seniorcare network, longwood at oakmont attained accreditation under carf's network standards. Introduced in 2016, the "network" standards were implemented by carf in order to "support networks' development toward continuity of services among multiple providers and to support quality when a legal entity does not own all participating providers within its network. " longwood at oakmont achieved carf accreditation in four additional program areas: continuing care retirement community, person-centered long-term care community, dementia care specialty, and assisted living. A person-centered long-term care community, according to carf, "is a place where persons served want to live, people want to work, and both choose to stay. " carf defines a dementia care specialty program as one that delivers services focused on the unique and changing physical, cognitive, communication, emotional, psychosocial, behavioral, occupational, medical, palliative, educational, environmental, and leisure/recreational needs of persons with dementia. Under carf, the assisted living accreditation also encompasses personal care communities and is defined as "a residential program that provides meals, housing, and a range of hospitality and personal care services for adults of all ages in a supportive and safe home-like setting. "presbyterian seniorcare has been instrumental in developing, and is the sole member of, numerous not-for-profit member corporations that provide older adults with living and service options including: a regional system of housing for low income seniors and persons with disabilities, personal care, alzheimer's and dementia care, long-term and rehabilitation healthcare, and non-medical homecare, and community services for older adults. Additionally, in collaboration with jewish association on aging and upmc, presbyterian seniorcare is a sponsor of community life, a non-profit program that provides comprehensive health and social services to approximately 570 frail, elderly adults so that they can continue to live in their homes. The internal revenue service has determined that presbyterian seniorcare is exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended. However, as a responsible corporate citizen, presbyterian seniorcare gives back to its local communities through promotion of health and wellness efforts, education and training programs, financial and in-kind donations, and special projects. Guided by its faith-based mission, presbyterian seniorcare provides benevolent care annually to residents in our care communities who no longer have the means to pay. In 2017, it provided across its regional network of facilities, services and programs $601,726 in community support as well as a combined total of $22. 4 million in benevolent and uncompensated care. This included $160,209 of benevolent care provided to longwood at oakmont residents. Benevolent care is supported by the longwood life care fund, which provides assistance to longwood lifecare residents who have outlived their resources and no longer have the ability to meet the monthly maintenance fees. Presbyterian seniorcare is the sponsor of 28 supportive and affordable housing communities serving persons with disabilities and low-income seniors through a service-enriched model that supports aging in place and delays/prevents the need for institutional care. Additionally, through its management affiliate, seniorcare network, it provides management services to 9 low-income housing communities and one skilled nursing community. Recognizing the pervasiveness of cognitive impairment among older adults, in 2015 presbyterian seniorcare required all employees, including even those who were not direct caregivers, to receive training through the national alzheimer's association. Additionally, direct care givers complete an immersion experience that is over and above the training provided to all employees. Based upon the development of woodside place in 1991, presbyterian seniorcare created the woodside program, a model of alzheimer's and dementia care embraced by others, including the skilled nursing communities in our regional network. Presbyterian seniorcare has received national and international recognition for its contribution to the field of dementia care: american institute of architects ten-year award in 2007, excellence in dementia care in 2015 from leadingage national, 2012 innovation of the year award from leadingage pa, and 2014 outstanding program award by the pennsylvania therapeutic recreation institute. Today presbyterian seniorcare is recognized as a dementia care center of excellence. We take our expertise in dementia care out into the greater community by sponsoring free public events or hosting educational sessions for first-responders such as police officers, firefighters and emts so they can better help people living with dementia when they encounter them during an emergency. We support older adults wherever they are on life's journey- from low to moderate income supportive housing to programs for those who wish to stay at home. Our philosophy of person-centered care focuses on making aging easier for adults by respecting each person's choice on how to receive the care they need, whether at their home or in our residences. In keeping with our person-centered care philosophy, the seven presbyterian seniorcare sponsored skilled nursing communities have been transformed from the traditional institutional setting and medical model of yesteryear to home-like environments that deliver personalized care with an emphasis on also enhancing quality of life. More than 50% of persons served annually are covered by medical assistance. As a center of rehab excellence, the presbyterian seniorcare network developed the mylife program, a holistic approach to recovery, which includes the physical environment, the delivery of hospitality and the personalized clinical care provided by an expert team focused on getting patients back home and back to their life. Presbyterian seniorcare has always been committed to providing welcoming and respectful environments for everyone, and we elevated this commitment to a strategic priority in 2013 for our aging services network. A deliberate multi-year, multi-phase education and awareness effort was launched to foster diversity, equity and inclusion. This strategic initiative will position our aging services network to be ready to serve an increasingly diverse aging population and to appropriately engage and support an increasingly diverse workforce.