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Update: 6/4/2025
Little Flower Manor receives Skilled Nursing Facility Heart Failure Certification from the American Heart Association
The American Heart Association certification recognizes commitment to following the latest evidence-based treatment guidelines
Darby, Pennsylvania’s Little Flower Manor has earned the Skilled Nursing Facility Heart Failure Certification offered by the American Heart Association®, the world’s leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain health. The certification provides an evidence-based framework for evaluating skilled nursing facilities against the American Heart Association’s rigorous science-based requirements for heart failure (HF) patients, including program management, patient and caregiver education and support, care coordination, clinical management and quality improvement.
“Participation in this certification benefits the patient and the facility by standardizing care practices,” said Cory Woods, DNP, MHA, MSN, RN, volunteer chair of the American Heart Association’s Quality Certification Business Management Committee and assistant chief clinical officer at Rockport Healthcare Services in Los Angeles. “When there are clear processes during every phase of care, patients have the best opportunity for positive outcomes.”
Nearly 1 in 4 HF patients are readmitted within 30 days of discharge and approximately half are readmitted within 6 months; about one quarter of readmissions may be preventable. This certification can support facilities’ efforts to stop preventable readmissions.
"Heart failure patients need high-quality care after leaving the hospital that follows evidence-based guidelines, giving them the best chance to improve their health,” said Jennifer Moore, R.N. Director of Quality Improvement "At Little Flower Manor we want to be trailblazers and continue to use innovative methods to give our heart failure patients the best care. The American Heart Association has armed us with additional tools and recognized our success. It is an honor to have our processes and efforts recognized in this way."
To be eligible for this certification, the facility must be in the U.S. or a U.S. territory and implement an HF program that uses a standardized method of delivering clinical care based on current evidence-based guidelines. Learn more about this certification and others at www.Heart.org/CertifiedCare.
CONTACT:
Little Flower Manor PR Contact:
Jennifer Moore, R.N. Director of Quality Improvement
Phone: 610-534-6000
For the latest information re: how Little Flower is handling COVID-19:
- Please call 215.344.9426 for daily update from our Administrator, Rosemary Port RN, NHA
- You may also check our Facebook page for updates
Here is a list of Strategies for Prevention of COVID-19 that we have implemented, following the recommendations of the Federal government and the PA Department of Health:
- Communal Dining as per CDC, CMS and DOH guidelines
- Virtual Activities/Communication with Residents and Family Members
- Fit-testing of N-95 masks
- N-95 masks, isolation gowns, gloves and face shields for use with COVID-19 residents
- Proper person protective equipment (PPE) for use with non-COVID-19 residents
- Sanitizing high touch surfaces in the building daily
- Inservicing of all departments on the proper donning and doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE)and proper hand hygiene technique
- Monitoring employee callouts for any COVID type symptoms that may require testing for the virus and follow up with Occupational Health at Holy Redeemer
- All admissions to facility are tested for COVID-19 upon arrival to LFM
- Alcohol-Based Han Rub (ABHR) dispensers are available at the entrance, the hallways and each resident room
- ProTex90 Sanitizing Treatment throughout our building
- COVID testing per CMS and DOH guidelines
- Universal masking by staff during respiratory illness season
- Offer Vaccination as needed
