Accreditation

Cathedral Village, a nonprofit and nondenominational Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC,) is accredited by the Continuing Care Accreditation Commission (CCAC) which was acquired by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) in 2003. It is the nation’s only accrediting agency for Retirement Communities.      

Accreditation assures all present and future residents that Cathedral Village conforms to the highest standards of excellence in care and services. The CARF-CCAC organization only awards accreditation to those retirement communities that meet or exceed their exceptional standards which are developed according to the participation of all parties involved, including consumers and payers.      

In the process of accreditation, the Board of Directors, management, staff and residents of Cathedral Village undergo a year-long self study of standards that cover all aspects of Governance and Administration, Finance, and Resident Health and Wellness.      

Initially accredited in 1984, the process has been repeated every five years since 1987. Less than one percent of retirement communities in the United States have been accredited six times.

Memberships

Cathedral Village is a member of Leading Age (formerly, the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging) a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC, that promotes honest, affordable care for Aging America. Leading Age represents the concerns of 5,700 not-for-profit organizations that serve retirees at the federal level through interaction with Congress and federal agencies. Cathedral Village is an avid proponent of Leading Age’s Quality First Program.

PANPHA is a Pennsylvania association that represents over 350 nonprofit organizations that are committed to the future of senior services. They maintain the ability to help members of the association provide valuable care through housing, health care, and community services. It represents the interests of nonprofit communities at the state level.

Licensure  

• Cathedral Village is licensed as a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Insurance Department.       
• All services for residents in Independent Living are licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Health and are listed under Home Care in the Pennsylvania Home Care Registry.       
• Bishop White Lodge, our Skilled Nursing Facility, is fully licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is certified by Medicare and Medicaid. Annual surveys by Federal and State agencies are conducted throughout Bishop White Lodge and are augmented by our internal Quality Assurance program.       
• Our Assisted Living Program is licensed and surveyed annually by the Philadelphia Department of Public Welfare.       
• The Cathedral Village School, in which Nursing Assistants are trained to be enrolled in the Pennsylvania Nurse Aide Registry, is fully licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Private Licensed Schools and approved by the Department of Education.