Welcome to 60 West
Melissa Schmitt
Administrator
Dear Residents and Families,
Thank you so much for choosing 60 West for your skilled nursing, specialty clinical programming and long term care needs. Our team recognizes that each patient and their family is truly unique with their own set of expectations, clinical and social need and goals for care. Our mission is to provide a safe, secure environment that is inclusive, compassionate and free of stigma.
At 60 West, we are committed to actually living and delivering on our Mission and Vision. Our team is diverse, passionate and engaged, but most importantly they are a Team and a Family. We work together day in and day out to make 60 West all that it can be and bring that same feeling to the residents with whose care and safety we are entrusted.
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We are pleased and proud that since inception, 60 West has consistently been rated a Four or Five Star facility overall and for quality measures, as granted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). 60 West has also been the recipient of a US News and World Report Best Nursing Home recognition for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 and an American Health Care Association (AHCA) Silver Quality Award. Beyond the numbers, we find ways to innovate and improve patient care and the experience. Continue Reading
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