The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer’s Center of Excellence, Lenoir City, Tennessee, recently achieved a deficiency-free health licensure survey and life safety survey.
About the Surveys
Senior health care communities in the state must undergo unannounced inspections yearly from the State of Tennessee Healthcare Facilities Commission. The health licensure survey addresses aspects of care from proper medication to nutrition, hygiene to proper record keeping, staffing to resident and family feedback. Surveyors not only observe care but also conduct interviews with associates, residents and residents’ families. The life safety survey looks at the state of the building, fire drills, sprinkler systems, electrical systems and more, verifying that the community is being kept up to code and conducting routine maintenance.
“I am so proud of our whole team for achieving these deficiency-free surveys,” said James Ford, executive director at the community. “Each resident, and their family, is special to us. We strive daily to not only meet the requirements of the state but also to be a caring family for our residents. We love them and their families, and we always want to provide the best for them.”
About The Lantern at Morning Pointe of Lenoir City
Located at 155 Morning Pointe Drive, The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer’s Center of Excellence, Lenoir City offers memory care with licensed, clinical or care staff available 24 hours a day. Meals are served with dietician oversight in a restaurant-style setting and with an emphasis on fresh, local produce. Residents enjoy a full life enrichment activity program, including regular outings, service projects, intergenerational programming and engaging community partnerships. Physical, occupational and speech therapy services are also available on-site.
Specialized memory care programs at The Lantern include Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach® to Care, the Best Friends™ Approach and Morning Pointe’s own Meaningful Day™ – a purposeful memory care program providing structure to help residents feel safe and secure.
Rob Pollard, senior vice president of operations for Morning Pointe Senior Living, added, “Achieving these survey results speaks volumes to the community about the emphasis we place on quality – from direct resident care to the safety of the environment they live in. Well done, team!”
The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer’s Center of Excellence, Lenoir City is operated by Morning Pointe Senior Living. The company, founded in 1997 by Tennessee healthcare entrepreneurs Greg A. Vital (president) and Franklin Farrow (CEO), currently operates 40 communities in five southeastern states. Other Knoxville-area campuses are located in Knoxville, Hardin Valley, Clinton, and Powell. For more information, visit morningpointe.com.
The philanthropic arm of Morning Pointe Senior Living is the Morning Pointe Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works to provide nursing scholarships and caregiver support. For more information, visit morningpointefoundation.com.
