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PERSONAL-TOUCH HOME HEALTH SERVICES RECEIVES CHAP ACCREDITATION FOR TENTH YEAR

PERSONAL-TOUCH® HOME HEALTH SERVICES RECEIVES
CHAP ACCREDITATION FOR TENTH YEAR

BLOOMFIELD, NJ, FEB. 24, 2014 – Personal-Touch Home Health Services, www.pthomecare.com,
is celebrating a milestone receiving the CHAP (Community Health Accreditation Program) accreditation. The CHAP acknowledgement, which is nationally recognized, is the result of Personal Touch’s high standards for home health services, which is nationally recognized.

            “We are very proud of the staff and services that they provide to our patients every day of the year,” said Sandy Fromm, Administrator, Personal-Touch of New Jersey. “The CHAP Standards of Excellence accreditation is a testament to everyone’s hard work and dedication, and receiving this endorsement from a highly respected peer organization is very rewarding.”

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            The CHAP accreditation demonstrates that Personal-Touch’s Home Health Services meets the industry’s highest nationally recognized standards. Rigorous evaluation by CHAP focuses on structure and function, quality of services, human and financial resources, and long-term viability.

            “We are very pleased that Personal-Touch chose the CHAP accreditation,” said Michael S. Grogan, Senior Vice President of Business Development. “Voluntarily selecting to achieve the CHAP accreditation and meeting our high standards of excellence demonstrates Personal-Touch’s commitment to quality. CHAP is delighted to work with their entire team through the ongoing process of quality improvement.”

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            Personal-Touch provides a variety of home health care services by Registered Nurses, CHHAs (certified home health aides), housekeepers, and companions to patients and their families throughout the towns of Belleville, Bloomfield, Caldwell, Glen Ridge, Montclair, and Nutley. In addition services are available in the counties of Essex, Hudson, Monmouth, Ocean and Union.

About CHAP
CHAP is an independent, not-for-profit, accrediting body of community-based health care organizations. Created in 1965, CHAP was the first to recognize the need and value for accreditation in community-based care. CHAP is the oldest national, community-based accrediting body with more than 5,000 agencies currently accredited nationwide. Through “deeming authority” granted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CHAP has the regulatory authority to survey agencies providing home health, hospice and home medical equipment services, to determine if they meet the Medicare Conditions of Participation and CMS Quality Standards. CHAP’s purpose is to define and advance the highest standards of community-based care. For more information about CHAP accreditation process, please visit www.chapinc.org or contact Michael Grogan at 202-862-3413, ext. 706, or mgrogan@chpinc.org.

About Personal-Touch
Personal-Touch Home Care, Inc. began operations in 1974 and since then has grown into a national company with over 50 locations in 12 states. Each office is licensed by the State in which it operates. Personal-Touch’s trained, certified and bonded staff of Registered Nurses, CHHAs, Housekeepers and Companions, provide home health care services to patients 24/7. Services include: Senior Care, Companions, Certified Home Health Aides, Homemakers/Housekeepers, and Medication Management. Staff receives ongoing specialty training. For more information please visit us at www.pthomecare.com or contact Sandy Fromm, Administrator at Personal Touch of New Jersey, 973-680-1434, X202 or at sfromm@pthomecare.com.

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