Seaford's Manor House receives accreditation for excellence

From left, Carolyn Mcllnay, CARF surveyor, Robert Supper, ACTS regional vice president, and Eileen Hanhauser, executive director, celebrate the community’s recent accreditation for excellence in senior housing.

Manor House, a not-for-profit continuing care retirement community in Seaford, has been awarded a five-year term of accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Communities - Continuing Care Accreditation Commission, an accrediting body for aging services providers. Nearly 200 older adults live at the ACTS Retirement-Life Community which opened in 1966.

Accreditation is widely considered the mark of quality for retirement communities, demonstrating how well a community meets or exceeds standards of excellence for service, quality and financial stability. Nationally, only 15 percent of the nation’s estimated 1,900 continuing care retirement communities are accredited.

“This is a tremendous accomplishment and honor for our community as accreditation further confirms to our current and future residents that our programs and services meet the highest standards of quality,” said Eileen Hanhauser, executive director.

To become accredited, a participating community must demonstrate the quality of its services to a team of independent surveyors during an on-site visit. Accreditation designations last five years before a community may undergo another yearlong evaluation to seek reaccreditation.

Located at 1001 Middleford Road, Manor House is a full-service retirement community which meets seniors’ needs over the long term by offering various stages of living, from residential to assisted living and skilled nursing care accommodations located on the same campus. One of the most unique aspects of Manor House is its life care plan, which prepays any long-term-care services a resident may need. The community has numerous amenities and services including a full-service restaurant-style dining room, fitness center and indoor pool, walking trail, and many social and recreational activities.

For more information visit ACTSManorHouse.org or call 302-628-5622. Manor House is an affiliate of ACTS Retirement-Life Communities, the nation’s largest not-for-profit owner, operator and developer of continuing care retirement communities with a family of 23 communities in eight states. For details, visit ACTSretirement.org.

To learn more about the accreditation process, visit Carf.org.