Orange Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Recognized By Wound Care Specialists With Award For Continued Superiority In Wound Healing

Orange Rehabilitation and Health Care Center (aka Orange Health Care Center) has received a Center of Distinction Certificate, awarded by Wound Care Specialists, LLC, Connecticut’s largest provider of post-acute and long-term care wound management services.

Leaders, physicians and clinicians from Orange Rehabilitation and Health Care Center and Wound Care Specialists gathered to celebrate the Center of Distinction award.  The Center of Distinction Certificate is given to skilled nursing facilities in the Wound Care Specialists network that have demonstrated continued superiority in wound healing for a minimum of twelve consecutive months.

Andree Acampora, administrator of Orange Health Care Center shared, “We are honored to once again receive the award of Wound Care Center of Excellence.  Under the guidance and expertise of Adrienne Bowman LPN, our nursing staff continues to provide some of the fastest and most complete healing processes for wounds in our state.  The care provided to our residents, including wound care, has been a source of pride to our facility for over 75 years.”

Orange Health Care Center is a member of the Wound Care Specialists network of over 170 client skilled nursing facilities, with access to benchmarking data and proven experience.  Orange Health Care Center offers highly specialized wound care to patients with acute and chronic wounds.

The Center of Distinction Certificate is awarded to skilled nursing facilities that meet the following criteria:

• Average days to heal of less than 30 over a one-year period;
• Dedicated facility wound nurse who conducts rounds led by a Wound Care Specialists provider;
• PT/OT department providing one or more adjuvant wound healing modalities;
• Registered dietician on staff;
• Quarterly review of wound healing outcome data;
• Facility acquired pressure ulcer rate at or less than state average during reporting period.

“We are honored to award Orange Health Care Center with a Center of Distinction Certificate for their continued superiority in wound healing, said Jonathan Brenes, COO of Wound Care Specialists.  “Our partnership with Orange Health Care Center has demonstrated a commitment to advancing the treatment, healing and prevention of acute and chronic wounds.”

Headquartered in Farmington, CT, Wound Care Specialists, LLC is Connecticut’s largest group practice providing post-acute and long-term care wound management services.  Wound Care Specialists provides a collaborative, patient-focused and physician-led wound program concentrated on early detection, prevention and specialized treatment of wounds.

For more information, please visit www.wcspecialists.com.