Care Central VNA re-accredited by Home Care Alliance
GARDNER >> Care Central VNA & Hospice, Inc., a private-pay home care agency based on Pearly Lane, has reaffirmed its commitment to quality care and ethical business practices by earning reaccreditation from the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts.
The Alliance, which represents 180 home health and elder care agencies across the state, created an accreditation protocol to promote quality services, ethical business standards, and superior employment practices in an industry they say lacks meaningful licensure in this state, even while it grows in popularity.
“We are proud to continue to meet these accreditation standards that convey Care Central VNA’S commitment to quality,” said Care Central President and CEO Holly Chaffee. “Our primary goal is to provide the highest level of quality care to our patients. Keeping patients at home and families together is very important to us.”
The Home Care Alliance launched this accreditation program for private pay agencies (agencies that are not paid by Medicare or Medicaid), in July 2010. Since that time, over 60 agencies have submitted documentation to show that they meet the standards established by the Alliance. The standards were revised in 2017 to raise the bar to promote even higher standards for agencies seeking re- accreditation.
“The Alliance’s accreditation program demonstrates our leadership for an area that is becoming more and more important to the health care delivery system in Massachusetts,” said Timothy Burgers, associate director of the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts. “The revised standards highlight our agencies’ best practices and will help guide members of the public as they choose who will take care of their loved ones in their homes.”
The Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts is a nonprofit trade association and advocacy group providing representation, education, communication, advocacy and, ultimately, a voice for the state’s home health industry. Founded in 1969, the Alliance has grown to represent more than 170 home care and home health agencies across the state. For more information, visit www. thinkhomecare.org.