Accreditation
The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, CARF International, is an independent, nonprofit accreditor of human service providers that was established in 1966.
The Continuing Care Accreditation Commission (CCAC), based in Washington, D.C., was founded in 1985 as the nation's only accrediting organization of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) and aging services networks. CARF acquired CCAC in 2003.
CARF-CCAC is the only group in the U.S. that examines and reports how standards are met in CCRCs. CARF-CCAC has developed an extremely comprehensive set of guidelines, standards and practices by which CCRCs are measured.
Accreditation is voluntary, and the expenses are borne by the organization requesting the evaluation. NCPHS has paid to maintain its accreditation for many years because the process not only validates our standing, but also points out areas for improvement.
For nine days in spring 2009, teams of professionals were at work in our three life care communities. Management, staff, residents and board members were interviewed. At the end of their review and evaluation, each community was given a detailed report. All three of our communities, The Sequoias ~ San Francisco, The Tamalpais, and The Sequoias ~ Portola Valley received accreditation.
Accreditation provides objective, outside assurance that NCPHS meets or exceeds standards.
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