Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

Lageman, Sarah K.

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Sarah K. Lageman⁵

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Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is an independent, nonprofit organization that is an accreditor of human service providers. It was formed in 1966 when the Association of Rehabilitation Centers (ARC) and the National Association of Sheltered Workshops and Homebound Programs (NASWHP) joined forces to further develop their interests in setting standards. Since its inception, CARF has grown significantly in size and informally adopted CARF International as its registered name after accrediting programs in Canada, Europe, and South America.

CARF International currently provides accreditation services in the following areas, called customer service units: aging services; child and youth services; behavioral health; durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS); employment and community services; medical rehabilitation; and opioid treatment programs. The CARF family of organizations currently accredits more than 6,000...

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CARF accreditation (http://www.carf.org/Accreditation/AccreditationProcess/StepstoAccreditation/).
CARF IAC (http://www.carf.org/About/IAC/).
CARF mission (http://www.carf.org/About/Mission/).
CARF overview (http://www.carf.org/About/).
CARF partners (http://www.carf.org/Resources/IACResources/).
CARF structure (http://www.carf.org/About/WhoWeAre/).
Value of CARF Accreditation (http://www.carf.org/Accreditation/ValueofAccreditation/).

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Division of Neuropsychology and Behavioral Health Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University, 1441 Clifton Road NE, 30322, Atlanta, GA, USA
Sarah K. Lageman

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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Professor of Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry Virginia Commonwealth University – Medical Center Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, VCU, 980542, Richmond, Virginia, 23298-0542, USA
Jeffrey S. Kreutzer
Kessler Foundation Research Center, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ, 07052, USA
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Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, USA
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Lageman, S.K. (2011). Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79948-3_611

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